John Dupré 03JUL1952-Present

By CarlosSan

  • Philosopher of Science (Biology)

    As a philosopher of Science Dr. Dupré focused on the realm of biology. His research focused on evolutions, it's limitations, psychology and the basis on gender and sex, to name a few of the different topics he specialized. Dupré, John. “Profile.” University of Exeter, sociology.exeter.ac.uk/staff/dupre.

  • Metaphysical Pluralism

    In his book, the Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science, he argues on how the pluralism of the metaphysical world is best to describe contemporary sciences to understand better the problems that we face today. 1993 Dupré, John. “Profile.” University of Exeter, sociology.exeter.ac.uk/staff/dupre.

  • Evolutionary Psychology

    Thanks to his research of the pluralism of metaphysics he authored another book called, Human Nature and the Limits of Science, in which he extends his argument by stating that we need multiple theories to be able to understand and explain evolutionary psychology and rational choice. 2001 Dupré, John. “Profile.” University of Exeter, sociology.exeter.ac.uk/staff/dupre.

  • Processes

    Published a book with Daniel J. Nicholson that studies the theory of the metaphysics of the living world and argues that it is not made of substantial particles and instead is made of biological processes. With this it shines a new light on philosophical problems in the realm of psychology and helps understand and expand its knowledge. 2018 Nicholson, Daniel J., and John Dupré. Everything Flows towards a Processual Philosophy of Biology. Oxford University Press, 2018.

  • Why Philosophy of Science?

    In this video, Dr. Dupre expresses why the choice on focusing on biology and the philosophy that is applied to the realm. 2021 https://youtu.be/thC35Dq4PU0 “Why Philosophy of Biology? (John Dupre).” Performance by John Dupré, YouTube, Bristol Centre for Science and Philosophy, 28 Apr. 2021, youtu.be/thC35Dq4PU0.

  • A Process Ontology for Contemporary Biology

    John Dupré is currently working on a project called "A Process Ontology for Contemporary Biology". The aim of this research is to re visit theories that are found the philosophy of biology, by shifting the focus on how the processes of living things can be fundamentally seen and bringing stability to such theories and studies. 2023 Dupré, John. John Dupré | Director | Phd | University of Exeter, Exeter - Researchgate. 2023, www.researchgate.net/profile/John-Dupre-2.