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Introduction
John A. Dupré is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré's chief work area lies in philosophy of biology, philosophy of the social sciences, and general philosophy of science. Dupré, together with Nancy Cartwright, Ian Hacking, Patrick Suppes and Peter Galison, are often grouped together as the "Stanford School" of philosophy of science. -
Education
Dupré was educated at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge and taught at Oxford, Stanford University and Birkbeck College of the University of London.
In 2010 Dupré was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of his work on Darwinism, and is a former president of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science. In 2018 he was elected Vice-President (and President-Elect) of the Philosophy of Science Association. -
philosophical work
Dupré works include Darwinism, Pluralistic metaphysics and philosophy of biology. He advocates a pluralistic model of science as opposed to the common notion of reductionism. He also is an important critic of biological research programs in the life science community. He criticizes evolution-biological stories and how they are related in sociobiology and evolutionary psychology. -
Major works
Dupré has published many books across his different fields of study. Included are some of his works. The Disorder of Things, Human Nature and the Limits of Science, Humans and Other Animals and Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today. -
Citations
The Disorder of Things. Metaphysical foundations of the disunity of science. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1993
Human Nature and the Limits of Science. Clarendon Press, Oxford 2003
Humans and Other Animals. Clarendon Press, Oxford 2002
Darwin's Legacy: What Evolution Means Today. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005