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Michael Escott Ruse | |
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 Ruse in 2020 | |
| Born | 21 June 1940 Birmingham, England |
| Died | 1 November 2024 (aged 84) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Analytic philosophy |
| Institutions | Florida State University (2000–2024) University of Guelph (1965–2000) |
| Doctoral students | David Castle |
Main interests | Philosophy of biology Philosophy of science |
Notable ideas | Orthogenesis as the view that evolution has a kind of momentum of its own that carries organisms along certain tracks[1] |
Michael Escott Ruse FRSC (21 June 1940 – 1 November 2024) was a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specialised in the philosophy of biology and worked on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse began his career teaching at The University of Guelph and spent many years at Florida State University.