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Phd in Philosophy
Dupré received his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in 1981, and was a Junior Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford from 1980-1982 -
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Moved to Stanford University
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The Disorder of Things
This book provides a systematic critique of essentialism, the view that nature contains a unique set of kinds that science aims to discover (‘carving nature at its joints’); reductionism, the idea that in principle everything should be explained in terms of the laws of fundamental physics; and determinism, the belief in a closed set of laws in terms that necessitate everything that happens. -
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Professor of Philosophy of Science
University of Exeter, where he is currently Professor of Philosophy of Science, he also taught at Birkbeck College, University of London and has held visiting chairs at the University of Amsterdam and the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a former president of the British Society for the Philosophy of Science. For 10 years he was Director of the ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society at Exeter, part of the ESRC Genomics Network -
Processes of Life: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology
John Dupre explores recent revolutionary developments in biology and considers their relevance for our understanding of human nature and human society. Epigenetics and related areas of molecular biology have eroded the exceptional status of the gene and presented the genome as fully interactive with the rest of the cell. -
John Dupre talks about the importance of philosphy of biology
The Centre for Science and Philosophy was officially launched at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 4th December 2012, in the Great Hall of Wills Memorial Building. Four highly regarded philosophers of science spoke to an audience of over 600 members of the public, scientists, and academics. https://youtu.be/lklTdctDdIo
