Michael Ruse
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Michael Ruse (June 21, 1940 Birmingham, England) is a philosopher of science, a professor of philosophy and zoology largely concerned with the argument between creationism and Darwinism. He was born in England, took his undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol, his master's degree at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, and Ph.D. at the University of Bristol. A prolific author published by prestigious university presses, he taught at the University of Guelph Canada for 35 years and since his retirement at Florida State University.
Ruse was a state witness in the 1981 test case of the state law permitting the teaching of "creation science" in the Arkansas school system (signed by governor Bill Clinton). The federal judge ruled that the state law was unconstitutional. Ruse takes the position that it is possible to reconcile the Christian religion with Darwinism, unlike, for example, Stephen Jay Gould, Phillip E. Johnson or Edward O. Wilson.
Selected Works
- The evolution wars : a guide to the debates (2003)
- Can a Darwinian be a Christian? the relationship between science and religion (2001)
- Biology and the foundation of ethics (1999)
- Mystery of mysteries : is evolution a social construction? (1999)
- But is it science? the philosophical question in the creation/evolution controversy (1996)
- Monad to man : the concept of progress in evolutionary biology (1996)
- Evolutionary naturalism : selected essays (1995)
- The Darwinian paradigm : essays on its history, philosophy and religious implications (1989)
- The Philosophy of biology today (1988).
- Homosexuality : a philosophical inquiry (1988)
- Taking Darwin seriously : a naturalistic approach to philosophy (1986)
- Sociobiology, sense or nonsense? (1st ed. 1979, 2nd ed. 1985)
- Darwinism defended, a guide to the evolution controversies (1982)
- Is science sexist? and other problems in the biomedical sciences (1981)
- The Darwinian revolution (1979)
