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The Disorder of Things
In the book, The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science, Dupré argues against the idea of scientific unity and proposes instead "promiscuous realism." This philosophy acknowledges a disordered world; one that different thoughts and ideas can reveal real domains of partial order (Stanford.edu). Watch this video to further understand Dupré's ideas. -
Human Nature and the Limits of Science
In this book, Dupré insists "on the necessity of a pluralistic understanding of human nature" (Dupré). To that point, he voices his opposition against scientism and argues that humans are not just "cogs in a mechanistic universe" (Stanford.edu). -
Darwin's Legacy
Although still a controversial issue, Dupré aims to defend the basis of the theory of evolution in which he believes is true and that there can no longer be any legitimate doubt. With that being said, he also opposes what is called evolutionary psychology and states his beliefs that "evolution has very little to tell us about the details of human nature and human behaviour" (Stanford.edu). -
Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
While spending around a decade as Director of ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society (Egenis), Dupré focused his time on philosophical issues regarding genetics and genomics (Dupré). A collection of his papers on the topic are consolidated in this book in which he highlights the importance in the study of microbiology for properly understanding the living world (Stanford. edu).
