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2Book Reviews : Faces of Science. BY V. V. NALIMOV. Edited by ROBERT G. COLODNY. Philadelphia: ISI Press, 1981. Pp. 298. $22.50 U.S.A., $25.50 in other countries (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 16 (2): 249-251. 1986.
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5Sociobiology: Sound Science or Muddled Metaphysics?PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1976. 1976.
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128Moral Philosophy as Applied SciencePhilosophy 61 (236): 173-192. 1986.(1) For much of this century, moral philosophy has been constrained by the supposed absolute gap between is andought, and the consequent belief that the facts of life cannot of themselves yield an ethical blueprint for future action. For this reason, ethics has sustained an eerie existence largely apart from science. Its most respected interpreters still believe that reasoning about right and wrong can be successful without a knowledge of the brain, the human organ where all the decisions about …Read more
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55David Hull: A memoirBiology and Philosophy 25 (5): 739-747. 2010.David Hull: a memoir Content Type Journal Article DOI 10.1007/s10539-010-9236-0 Authors Michael Ruse, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA Journal Biology and Philosophy Online ISSN 1572-8404 Print ISSN 0169-3867.
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Biodiversity, Darwin, and the Fossil RecordIn Markku Oksanen & Juhani Pietarinen (eds.), Philosophy and Biodiversity, Cambridge University Press. pp. 101-118. 2004.
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92Medicine as social science: The case of Freud on homosexualityJournal of Medicine and Philosophy 6 (4): 361-386. 1981.This paper considers the question of whether the explanation of homosexual orientation offered by Sigmund Freud qualifies as a genuine explanation, judged by the criteria of the social sciences. It is argued that the explanation, namely that homosexual orientation is a function of atypical parental influences, is indeed an explanation of the kind found in the social sciences. Nevertheless, it is concluded that to date Freud's hypotheses about homosexuality are no more than unproven speculations.…Read more
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4The Possibility of Naturalism: A Philosophical Critique of the Contemporary Human Sciences. Roy Bhaskar (review)Isis 72 (3): 493-495. 1981.
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38Evolution, Morality, and the Meaning of Life Jeffrie G. Murphy Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield, 1982. Pp. 158, index. $14.95 (review)Dialogue 23 (3): 527-530. 1984.
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50Julian Huxley on Darwinian evolution: A snapshot of a theory Content Type Journal Article DOI 10.1007/s11016-010-9499-8 Authors Michael Ruse, Department of Philosophy, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA Journal Metascience Online ISSN 1467-9981 Print ISSN 0815-0796.
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149Response to the Commentary: Pro JudiceScience, Technology, and Human Values 7 (41): 19-23. 1982.
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45The philosophical naturalists: Themes in early nineteenth-century british biology (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 24 (3): 423-425. 1986.
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22Review of The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth by Peter Bowler; and of The Mendelian Revolution: The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in Modern Science and Society by Peter J. Bowler (review)Philosophy of Science 60 (1): 171-172. 1993.
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49Charles Darwin and group selectionAnnals of Science 37 (6): 615-630. 1980.The question of the levels at which natural selection can be said to operate is much discussed by biologists today and is a key factor in the recent controversy about sociobiology. It is shown that this problem is one to which Charles Darwin addressed himself at some length. It is argued that apart from some slight equivocation over man, Darwin opted firmly for hypotheses supposing selection always to work at the level of the individual rather than the group. However, natural selection's co-disc…Read more
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6Philip F. Rehbock, "The Philosophical Naturalists: Themes in Early Nineteenth-Century British Biology" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 24 (3): 423. 1986.
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29Review. Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research. TF Murphy (review)British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 51 (3): 487-493. 2000.
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259Genesis 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
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