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Education & Career
John attended the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. His focus is Life Sciences, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of social sciences. He fulfilled professor duties at Oxford, Birkbeck College, Standford University, and the University of London. -
The Disorder of Things.
The Disorder of things. Metaphysical foundations of the disunity of science. As a philosopher, Dupré was on a mission to find the order of life as we know it. Through this book, he systematically attacks the ideal of scientific unity by showing how its underlying assumptions are at odds with the central conclusions of science. With his compelling arguments, this book is a must-read for scientists and philosophers alike. -
Against Reductionist Explanations of Human Behavior.
This year Dupré wrote a journal article called, Against Reductionist Explanations of Human Behavior. Here he rejects the imperialistic approaches in understanding human behavior. Where aggressive studies and observations of evolutionary biology and rational choice theory take a front seat. Which are also in some of the books I have listed in this timeline. "...while rational choice may fail in its unifying ambitions, I argue those aspirations are defensible." -
Human Nature and the Limits of Science
In this work, Dupré continues to take a metaphysical approach to understand human nature. It goes into detail on subjects such as evolutionary psychology and rational-choice theory. This piece also refers back to his earlier published book, The Disorder of Things. Adding complimentary views on his theories. -
Darwin's Legacy
Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today. As a student of philosophy of biology and sciences, John Dupré dug deep into Darwin's works and wrote this fantastic book. It has been translated into German and Spanish. His views go deeper into the theory of evolution on the behaviors of humans, animals, and plant life. a sense of what evolution is and what it isn't. John argues that scientists explain things but do not really understand them. -
Processes of Life
Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology. This is a collection of sixteen essays. Thirteen out of the sixteen have actually been published. Each of these dives into the mind of John Dupré more on his views and theories in his studies. At this time he was the Director of the ESRC center for Genomics in Society. His interests go into epigenetics and the related areas of molecular biology. -
Why Philosophy of Biology?
Here John Dupré gives a short lecture on the Philosophy of Biology.
Not Merely Stamp Collecting
