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Assumed Director of Egenis at Exeter
In 2002, John Dupre became the Director of Egenis at Exeter in the UK. This organization provides research into "the nature, historical precedents, and philosophical, social and scientific implications of developments in contemporary biosciences" (Exeter). They have provided new approaches to things like stem cell research, synthetic biology, and heredity. -
Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today
John Dupre's book Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today is rather misleading judging solely from the title. This book does not touch on Darwin's views of evolution, but society's misinterpretation of evolution itself. This book is more of an "introduction to contemporary evolutionary debates" (Picozzi, 2009). -
Why Philosophy of Biology?
This is a 23-minute video of John Dupre speaking on why Philosophy of Biology is important. I'm sorry for the length of the video, sir, I just thought it was really insightful. https://youtu.be/lklTdctDdIo -
Everything Flows: Towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology
In this collection of essays, it is discussed that this world we live in is not made up of particles and beings but an "interdependent hierarchy of processes". It is edited by both John Dupre and Daniel Nicholson and is quoted that "We illustrate the consequences of embracing an ontology of processes in biology by considering some of its implications for physiology, genetics, evolution, and medicine".
