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Michael Ruse

Born

in Birmingham, England, The United Kingdom

June 21, 1940

Died

November 01, 2024

Genre

Philosophy, Nonfiction, Science

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Michael Escott Ruse 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.

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Average rating: 3.9 · 4,048 ratings · 276 reviews · 133 distinct works • Similar authors

	Evolution: The First Four Billion Years by Michael Ruse (Editor), Joseph Travis (Editor), Edward O. Wilson (Foreword) 4.30 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darwinism and its Discontents 3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2006 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw 3.78 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1979 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates 4.13 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Charles Darwin 3.72 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Can a Darwinian be a Christian?: The Relationship between Science and Religion 3.38 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evolution-Creation Struggle 3.33 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know® 3.43 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Meaning to Life 3.26 avg rating — 42 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy 3.76 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cambridge Handbooks in Philosophy (2 books)
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Michael Ruse (Editor),

Robert J. Richards (Editor)

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“The definition of a philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat, which isn’t really there. And the definition of a theologian is he’s somebody who finds it.”
― Michael Ruse

tags: definitions, philosophers, philosophy, religion, theologians, theology

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“I mean, I think even God would agree with this at this point. God’s existence isn’t important. It’s what we do with what we’ve got that counts.”
― Michael Ruse

tags: atheism, deities, god, importance, life, meaning, religion

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“[t]he Darwinian argues that morality simply does not work (from a biological perspective), unless we believe that it is objective. Darwinian theory shows that, in fact, morality is a function of (subjective) feelings; but it shows also that we have (and must have) the illusion of objectivity. (Ruse 1998, 253; emphasis mine)”
― Michael Ruse, The Cambridge Handbook of Evolutionary Ethics

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