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Michael Ruse

Florida State University
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  • Florida State University
    Department of Philosophy
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Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Biology
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion
Philosophy of Biology
  • All publications (408)
  •  194
    Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution: An Analysis
    Journal of the History of Biology 8 (2). 1975.
    History of Biology
  •  83
    Robin Attfield: Creation, evolution and meaning
    Acta Biotheoretica 58 (1): 81-84. 2009.
    Evolutionary BiologyThe Meaning of Life
  •  51
    Evolutionary Biology and Teleological Thinking
    In Andre Ariew, Robert Cummins & Mark Perlman (eds.), Functions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Psychology and Biology, Oxford University Press. pp. 33--60. 2002.
    Evolutionary Biology
  •  68
    Scott F. Gilbert—second to the right, straight on till morning (review)
    Biological Theory 2 (2): 182-182. 2007.
    Philosophy of Biology, MiscellaneousEvolutionary Developmental Biology
  •  56
    The Expanding Circle (review)
    Environmental Ethics 6 (1): 91-94. 1984.
    SociobiologyEnvironmental Ethics
  •  87
    Biology versus culture in human behaviour
    Behavioral and Brain Sciences 4 (2): 250-251. 1981.
    Philosophy of Cognitive Science
  •  53
    Woodger on genetics a critical evaluation
    Acta Biotheoretica 24 (1-2): 1-13. 1975.
    A critical analysis of Woodger's work on formal logic in biology, especially genetics, reveals that the claim for the value of such methods in genetics is misplaced
    Genetics
  •  33
    Philosophy of Biological Science by David Hull (review)
    Isis 66 (3): 416-417. 1975.
    Evolutionary EpistemologyHistory of BiologyPhilosophy of Biology, Misc
  •  42
    Do the History of Science and the Philosophy of Science Have Anything to Say to Each Other?
    PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1992. 1992.
    General Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous
  •  139
    Book Review:Darwinism and Human Affairs Richard D. Alexander (review)
    Philosophy of Science 48 (4): 627-. 1981.
    Science, Logic, and MathematicsEvolution of Morality
  •  49
    Teleology and Biology: Some Thoughts on Ayala's Analysis of Teleology
    History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 21 (2). 1999.
    Teleology
  •  58
    Interpreting Evolution (review)
    Teaching Philosophy 15 (3): 293-296. 1992.
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    Bringing in Culture: how the Study of Meta-phor enriches Evolutionary Epistemology
    In A. A. Derksen (ed.), The promise of evolutionary epistemology, Tilburg University Press. pp. 5--157. 1998.
    Evolutionary Epistemology
  •  84
    The Understanding of Nature: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology. By Marjorie Grene. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 23. Dordrecht, Reidel, 1974, pp. xii + 374. Cloth, US $32.50; Paper, US $17.50 (review)
    Dialogue 15 (4): 702-704. 1976.
  •  57
    Nature, Human Nature, and Society (review)
    International Studies in Philosophy 18 (3): 63-65. 1986.
  •  86
    Darwinism Fleurit!Darwin et l'apres-Darwin: Une histoire de l'hypothese de selection naturelle. Jean GayonDarwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy of Natural Selection. David J. Depew, Bruce H. Weber (review)
    Isis 88 (1): 111-117. 1997.
  •  80
    Social Darwinism updated?
    Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 33 (4): 753-760. 2002.
    Evolution of PhenomenaEvolution of Morality
  •  296
    Genesis revisited: Can we do better than God?
    Zygon 19 (3): 297-316. 1984.
    WE ARE FACED WITH GROWING POWERS OF MANIPULATION OF OUR HUMAN GENETIC MAKEUP. WHILE NOT DENYING THAT THESE POWERS CAN BE USED FOR GREAT GOOD, IT BEHOOVES US TO THINK NOW OF POSSIBLE UPPER LIMITS TO THE CHANGE THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO EFFECT. I ARGUE THAT THOUGHTS OF CHANGING THE HUMAN SPECIES INTO A RACE OF SUPERMEN AND SUPERWOMEN ARE BASED ON WEAK PREMISES. GENETIC FINE-TUNING MAY INDEED BE IN ORDER; WHOLESALE GENETIC CHANGE IS NOT
    Philosophy of ReligionFine-Tuning in Cosmology
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