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Michael Ruse (born June 21, 1940 in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a philosopher
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 of science, working on the philosophy of biology, and is well known for his work on the argument between creationism
Creationism

Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were Creation myth in their original form by a deity or deities....
 and evolutionary biology
Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology is a sub-field of biology concerned with the origin of species from a common descent and descent of species, as well as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time....
. He was born in England, took his undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol
University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. It received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876....
 (1962), his master's degree at McMaster University
McMaster University

McMaster University is a research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students in 2007-08....
, Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
 (1964), and Ph.D. at the University of Bristol
University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. It received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876....
 (1970). Ruse taught at the University of Guelph
University of Guelph

The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of achievement in Agriculture and Veterinary Me...
 Canada
Canada

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 for 35 years. Since his retirement from Guelph, he has taught at Florida State University
Florida State University

Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching....
 and is, since 2000, the Lucyle T.






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Michael Ruse (born June 21, 1940 in Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a philosopher
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
 of science, working on the philosophy of biology, and is well known for his work on the argument between creationism
Creationism

Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were Creation myth in their original form by a deity or deities....
 and evolutionary biology
Evolutionary biology

Evolutionary biology is a sub-field of biology concerned with the origin of species from a common descent and descent of species, as well as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time....
. He was born in England, took his undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol
University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. It received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876....
 (1962), his master's degree at McMaster University
McMaster University

McMaster University is a research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students in 2007-08....
, Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
 (1964), and Ph.D. at the University of Bristol
University of Bristol

The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. It received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876....
 (1970). Ruse taught at the University of Guelph
University of Guelph

The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized university located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964. While the U of G offers degrees in many different disciplines, the university is best known for its focus on life sciences, based in part on a long-standing history of achievement in Agriculture and Veterinary Me...
 Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 for 35 years. Since his retirement from Guelph, he has taught at Florida State University
Florida State University

Florida State University is a public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching....
 and is, since 2000, the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy. In 1986, he was elected as a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada

The Royal Society of Canada , now known as the RSC: Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada....
 and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation between scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting science education and science outreach for the betterment of all humanity....
. He has received honorary doctorates from the University of Bergen
University of Bergen

The University of Bergen is located in Bergen, Norway, Norway. Although founded as late as 1946, academic activity had taken place at Bergen Museum as far back as 1825....
, Norway (1990), the McMaster University
McMaster University

McMaster University is a research-intensive university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with an enrollment of 20,600 full-time undergraduate students and 2,901 postgraduate students in 2007-08....
, Ontario, Canada (2003) and most recently the University of New Brunswick
University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and was the first public university in North America....
, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (2007).

Ruse was a witness for the plaintiff in the 1981 test case (McLean v. Arkansas
McLean v. Arkansas

McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F. Supp. 1255, 1258-1264 , was a 1981 legal case in Arkansas which ruled that the Arkansas "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science Act" was unconstitutional because it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States....
) of the state law permitting the teaching of "creation science
Creation science

Creation science or scientific creationism is the movement within creationism which attempts to use scientific means to disprove the accepted scientific facts and scientific theory on the history of the Earth, cosmology and Evolution and prove the Religion creation according to Genesis....
" in the Arkansas
Arkansas

Arkansas is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States of the United States. Arkansas shares a border with six states, with its eastern border largely defined by the Mississippi River....
 school system (signed by governor Frank White
Frank D. White

Frank Durward White was only the second United States Republican Party Governor of Arkansas of the United States state of Arkansas since Reconstruction era of the United States....
). The federal judge ruled that the state law was unconstitutional
Constitutionality

Constitutionality is the status of a law, a procedure, or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable constitution....
. Ruse takes the position that it is possible to reconcile Christian religion with evolutionary theory, unlike, for example, Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins

Clinton Richard Dawkins, Royal Society#Fellowship, Royal Society of Literature is a United Kingdom ethology, evolutionary biology and popular science author....
 or Phillip E. Johnson
Phillip E. Johnson

Phillip E. Johnson is a retired University of California, Berkeley law professor and author. He became a born-again Christian as a tenured professor....
. He now debates regularly with William A. Dembski
William A. Dembski

William Albert "Bill" Dembski is an United States proponent of intelligent design, and an opponent of the theory of evolution through natural selection....
, a known proponent of intelligent design
Intelligent design

Intelligent design is the term used for the assertion that "certain features of the universe and of life are best explained by an intelligent causality, not an undirected process such as natural selection." It is a modern form of the traditional teleological argument for the existence of God that avoids specifying the nature or identity of th...
.

Ruse founded the journal Biology and Philosophy and has published numerous books and articles.

Selected works

  • Darwinism and its Discontents (2006) ISBN 0-521-82947-X
  • (2005) ISBN 0-674-01687-4
  • (2003) ISBN 0-674-01631-9
  • The evolution wars: a guide to the debates (2003) ISBN 1-57607-185-5
  • Can a Darwinian be a Christian? the relationship between science and religion (2001) ISBN 0-521-63716-3
  • Biology and the foundation of ethics (1999) ISBN 0-521-55923-5
  • (1999) ISBN 0-674-00543-0
  • But is it science? the philosophical question in the creation/evolution controversy (1996) ISBN 0879754397
  • Monad to man: the concept of progress in evolutionary biology (1996) ISBN 0-674-58220-9
  • Evolutionary naturalism: selected essays (1995) ISBN 0-415-08997-2
  • The Darwinian paradigm: essays on its history, philosophy and religious implications (1989) ISBN 0-415-08951-4
  • The Philosophy of biology today (1988) ISBN 0-88706-911-8
  • Homosexuality: a philosophical inquiry (1988) ISBN 0-631-17553-9
  • Taking Darwin seriously: a naturalistic approach to philosophy (1986) ISBN 0-631-13542-1
  • Sociobiology, sense or nonsense? (1st ed. 1979, 2nd ed. 1985) ISBN 90-277-1798-2
  • Darwinism defended, a guide to the evolution controversies (1982) ISBN 0-201-06273-9
  • Is science sexist? and other problems in the biomedical sciences (1981) ISBN 90-277-1250-6
  • The Darwinian revolution (1979) ISBN 0-226-73164-2

External links

  • Canadian Who's Who 1993.