Michael Ruse and His Fifteen Years of Booknotes – For Better or for Worse

Author: Hull D.L.

Source: Biology and Philosophy, Volume 16, Number 3, June 2001 , pp. 423-435(13)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

In this paper I trace Michael Ruse's Booknotes from the first volume of Biology and Philosophy in 1986 to the present. I deal with both the style and the content of these booknotes. Ruse paid special attention to authors outside of the traditional English axis as well as to feminist writers. He complained that too much attention was being paid to certain topics (e.g., evolutionary ethics, evolutionary epistemology, the species problem and reduction) while other, more important topics were all but ignored (e.g., natural selection, population genetics, levels of selection and extraterrestrial life). He also dealt with the Darwin Industry. Creationism, his love-hate relationships with several authors and his undiluted love of Charles Dickens.

Keywords: Creationism; evolutionary epistemology; evolutionary ethics; levels of selection; natural selection; population genetics; reduction; species

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, U.S.A.

Publication date: 2001-06-01