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John Dupre is Born
On July 3rd 1952, John Dupre was born -
John Dupre's Education and Career
John Dupre received his PhD from Cambridge in the year of 1981. He then started teaching at the Universities such as Exeter, Birkbeck College, Stanford, and Oxford. -
John Dupre's book named "The Disorder of Things"
In this book Dupre explains a systematic critique of determinism which can be described as a belief in a closed set of laws in terms that necessitate everything that happens, reductionism known as an idea that in principle everything should be explained in terms of the laws of fundamental physics, and essentialism know as the view that nature contains a unique set of kinds that science aims to discover. -
John Dupre's book on Darwin's Legacy
John Dupre studied the works of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution. In this book It gives an up to date view of how scientist feel about evolution. Dupre explains in his book the introduction to evolution and what it means for humanity and the world, the particular ways to understand evolution, and he describes why the theory of evolution is one of the most important scientific ideas to this day. -
John Dupre's book named " Process of Life"
In this book Dupre goes into depth about the recent developments in biology and ties them into our understanding of human nature and human society. -
John Dupre's speech at the University of Bristol
In this video listed in the link at the bottom of the text, John Dupre talks about why Philosophy of Biology is important. On this day he spoke to more then 600 members ranging from the public, scientist and academics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lklTdctDdIo