Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse FRSC (born 21 June 1940) is a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse currently teaches at Florida State University.

Michael Escott Ruse
Born (1940-06-21) 21 June 1940
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
InstitutionsFlorida State University (2000–present)
University of Guelph (1965–2000)
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
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