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John Dupre was born 3 July 1952 in Pembury, Kent, England.
His parents are Desmond John and Catherine Lane. -
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Dupré received his Ph.D at Cambridge in 1981 after spending two years studying in the U.S. as a Harkness Fellow.https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/dupre/ -
John went back to England to teach part time as a professor at Birkbeck College.
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He published his first book on arguments against reductionism.
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He assumed a full-time directorship of Egenis, the ESRC Centre for Genomics where he research was focused on philosophical issues concerning the interpretation and implications of genetics and genomics.
Society.https://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/sociology/staff/dupre/ -
He got elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science -
He spent a term in Cambridge as Diane Middlebrook and Carl Djerassi Visiting Professor of Gender Studies, where he worked on rethinking ideas about sex and gender from a processual perspective.
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In 2018 he was elected Vice-President of the Philosophy of Science Association.
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In 2020 John Dupré was elected an Honorary International Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dupré