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St. John's College -
PhD in Philosophy
University of Cambridge -
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Department of Philosophy Member
Stanford University -
The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science
Dupré critiques essentialism, reductionism, and determinism in this book and remedies these wholly inconsistent views with a pluralistic account of science. Dupre, J. (1995). The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science. Harvard University Press. -
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Professor of Philosophy of Science
University of Exeter He's also taught at:
-Birkbeck college
-University of London
-The University of Amsterdam (visiting chair)
-The University of Cambridge (visiting chair) He is also currently the Vice President and President-Elect of the Philosophy of Science Association, and will be the president from 2021-2022 -
Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
. Dupre shows the importance of microbiology for a proper understanding of the living world. The volume includes sections on the author’s general views on science, biology, the significance of genomics, the nature of the organism, the current status of evolutionary theory; and a section exploring some implications of contemporary biology for humans. -
Why Philosophy of Biology?
https://youtu.be/lklTdctDdIo Dupré talks about the importance of the philosophy of biology. -
Reductive versus Non-Reductive Physicalism
https://youtu.be/jgwIXvMZs4A John Dupré and Alex Rosenberg discuss physicalist reductionism & anti-reductionism. -
