Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse (born June 21, 1940 in Birmingham ) is an American philosopher of science and science historian . His specialties are the history of biology and sociobiology . He became known for his publications on the dispute between creationism and evolutionary biology .

Selected publications

• The Darwinian Revolution. (2019)
• The Philosophy of Human Evolution. (2012)
• Evolution. The First Four Billion Years. (2009) ISBN 0-674-06221-3
• Darwinism and its Discontents. (2006) ISBN 0-521-82947-X
• The Evolution-Creation Struggle. (2005) ISBN 0-674-01687-4
• Darwin and Design. Does evolution have a purpose ?. (2003) ISBN 0-674-01631-9
• The evolution was it. 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
• Mystery of mysteries. Is evolution a social construction? (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 edition 1979, 2nd edition 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

Web links

• Michael Ruse's homepage at Florida State University (English)
• Can a Christian be a Darwinian? Lecture given in 2007 at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion (MP3, English)
• Speech by Michael Ruse 1993 to American Association for the Advancement of Science (English)