Curriculum Vitae

Michael E Ruse
December 12, 2014

General Information

University address: Philosophy

College of Arts & Sciences
DODD HALL 0151
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1500

E-mail address: MRUSE@MAILER.FSU.EDU

Professional Preparation

1970 PhD, University of Bristol, England. Major: Philosophy.

Ruse, M. E. (1970). The Nature of Biology. Doctoral project, University of

Bristol, England.

1964 M.A., McMaster University. Major: Philosophy.

Ruse, M. E. (1964). The Validation and Vindication of Inductive Logic.

Unpublished master's thesis, McMaster University.

1962 B.A., Bristol University. Major: Philosophy and Mathematics.

Professional Experience

2000–present Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Philosophy, Florida State

University. Director, Program in History and Philosophy of Science, 2004-
present.

1974–2000 Professor, University of Guelph.

1993–1994 Directeur invite L'ecole pratique des hautes etudes, Montpellier, France.

1990–1991 Member, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge

University.

1990–1991 Member, Pembroke College, Cambridge University.

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1985–1986 Associate and Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge.

1985–1986 Member, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge

University.

1971–1974 Associate Professor, University of Guelph.

1972–1973 Associate, Clare Hall, Cambridge University.

1972–1973 Member, Welcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Cambridge University.

1969–1971 Assistant Professor, University of Guelph.

1965–1969 Lecturer, University of Guelph.

Visiting Professorship(s)

2014 Donald Gordon Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study.

1990–1991 Visiting Scholar, Pembroke College, Cambridge University.

1983–1984 Visiting Scholar, Harvard University (Museum of Comparative Zoology).

1976 Visiting Professor, Indiana University.

Honors, Awards, and Prizes

Bertrand Russell Society Award for Philosopher most in the spirit of Bertrand Russell, Bertrand
Russell Society (2014).
Festschrift Evolutionary Biology, edited Paul Thompson and Denis Walsh, Cambridge University
Press (2014).
Honorary Doctoral Degree, University College London (2014).
PROSE award for Scholarly Excellence for Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and
Evolutionary Thought, Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences,
Association of American Publishers (2013).
Honorary Doctoral Degree, University of New Brunswick (2007).
RMIR Feature Award for "Regulating Genetic Information in Insurance Markets", American
Risk and Insurance Association (2006).
Honorary Doctoral Degree, McMaster University (2003).
Herbert Reynolds Lecturer, Baylor University (2002).
Gifford Lecturer, University of Glasgow (2001).
John Templeton Book Prize, Templeton Foundation (1999).
Herbert Spencer Lecturer, Oxford University (1994).
Honorary Doctoral Degree, University of Bergen (1990).

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Fellowship(s)

Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury - Christchurch, New Zealand (1994).

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1986).
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1986).
Isaak Walton Killam Fellowship (1985–1987).
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1983–1984).

Teaching

Courses Taught

Florida Ecology (PHI6457)

Human Nature (PHI5908)
Screening the Scientific Life: Cinema and the Cultural Image of Science (HPS3320)
Topics in Philosophy (PHI5934)
HUMANITIES HONOR SEMINAR (HUM2937)
Philosophy of Science (PHI6406)
Tutorial in Philosophy (PHI5998)
Graduate Tutorial in Biological Science (BSC5932)
Seminar in Philosophical Topics (PHI6935)
Senior Tutorial in Biological Science (BSC4931)
Philosophy of Biology: Selected Topics (PHI6457)
Seminar: Religious Movements and Institutions (REL6596)
Philosophy of Biology: Basic Topics (PHI6455)

Doctoral Committee Chair

Lammey, M. L., graduate. (2012).

Alt, C. J., graduate. (2010).
Zinser, J. M., graduate. (2007).
Morris, S. G., graduate. (2004).
Pynes, C. A., graduate. (2003).
Casselman, A. A., doctoral candidate.
Deen, D. R., doctoral candidate.
Takacs, P., doctoral candidate.

Doctoral Committee Member

Miller, M. B., graduate. (2012).

Albahri, A. A., graduate. (2011).

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Sosis, C. L., graduate. (2011).

Zarpentine, C. R., graduate. (2011).
Kirby, J. S., graduate. (2005).
Albert, P. M., doctoral candidate.
Lang, M. L., doctoral candidate.
Perez, H. J., doctoral candidate.
Haines, J. W., doctoral student.
Whitney, H. E., doctoral student.

Doctoral Committee University Representative

Broucek, J. F., graduate. (2012).

Mills, D. C., graduate. (2012).
Hagele, M. R., graduate. (2011).
Vanmiddlesworth, B. J., graduate. (2011).
Mott, L. J., graduate. (2011).
Carbonell, C. D., graduate. (2009).
Horton, S. D., doctoral candidate.
Myers, D., doctoral candidate.
Stanfill, E. M., doctoral candidate.
Whylly, S. E., doctoral candidate.
Bochenek, J. P., doctoral candidate.

Master's Committee Chair

Holmes, D. A., graduate. (2011).

Jerkins, J. L., graduate. (2011).
Harasz, W., graduate. (2011).
Chen, Y., graduate. (2009).
Graham, G. F., student.

Master's Committee Member

Dobson, E. H., graduate. (2012).

Gauding, M. S., graduate. (2011).
Solak, F. W., graduate. (2010).

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Research and Original Creative Work

Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

Ruse, M. (2014). Was there a Darwinian Revolution? Yes, no, and maybe! Endeavour, 38, 159-
168.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). Charles Robert Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace: Their Dispute Over the
Units of Selection. Theory in Biosciences, 132, 215-224.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). Making Room for Faith: Does Science Exclude Religion? Midwest Studies
in Philosophy, 37, 11-24.

Ruse, M. E., & Takacs, P. (2013). The Current Status of the Philosophy of Biology. Science and
Education, 22, 5-48.

Ruse, M. E. (2012). "A Man's Gotta Do What a Man's Gotta Do" and Other Memorable Lines
from "Philosophy and Film". Soundings, 95, 206-226.

Ruse, M. E. (2012). Science and Values: My Debt to Ernan McMullin. Zygon, 47 (4), 666-685.

Ruse, M. E. (2011). Making Room for Faith in an Age of Science: A response to David Wisdo.
Zygon, 46 (3), 665-672.

Ruse, M. E. (2011). Making Room for Faith in an Age of Science: The science-religion
relationship revisited. Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association,
85, 43-58.

Ruse, M. E. (2010). Charles Darwin on Cross and Self-Fertilization of Plants. Comptes Rendus
Biologies, 333 (2), 112-118.

Ruse, M. E. (2010). Darwinism Then and Now: The Divide Over Form and Function. Science
and Education, 19, 367-389.

Ruse, M. E. (2010). Is Darwinism Past Its "Sell-By" Date? Studies in History and Philosophy of
Biology and Biomedical Sciences, 42, 5-11.

Ruse, M. E. (2009). Darwinian Struggles: But is There Progress? History of Science, 47, 407-30.

Ruse, M. E. (2009). The Darwinian Revolution: Rethinking its Meaning and Significance.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 106, 10040-10047.

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Ruse, M. E. (2007). Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Topoi, 26, 159-65.

Ruse, M. E. (2006). Forty Years as a Philosopher of Biology: Why Evo-Devo Makes Me Still
Excited About my Subject. Biological Theory, 1, 35-37.

Ruse, M. E. (2005). Darwin and Mechanism: Metaphor in Science. Studies in History and
Philosophy of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, 36, 285-302.

Ruse, M. E. (2005). The Darwinian Revolution as seen in 1979 and as seen Twenty-Five Years
Later in 2004. Journal of the History of Biology, 38, 3-17.

Ruse, M. E., & Hoy, M. (2005). Regulating Genetic Information in Insurance Markets. Risk
Management and Insurance Review, 211-237.

Ruse, M. E. (2004). The Romantic Conception of Robert J. Richards. Journal of the History of
Biology, 37, 3-23.

Ruse, M. E. (2003). Is Evolution a Secular Religion? Science, 299, 1523-4.

Ruse, M. E. (2002). Robert Boyle and the Machine Metaphor. Zygon, 37, 581-96.

Ruse, M. E. (1997). The Origin of Life: Philosophical Perspectives. Journal of Theoretical

Biology, 473-482.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Changing Knowledge, Changing Museums. Museum International, 48 (2),

40-45.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Evolutionary Biology and Cultural Values: Is It Irremediably Corrupt?

Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume, 43-68.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). A Few Last Words - Until Next Time! Zygon, 29, 75-79.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Evolutionary Theory and Christian Ethics: Are They in Harmony? Zygon,
29, 5-23.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). From Belief to Unbelief - And Halfway Back. Zygon, 29, 25-35.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). The Dialectic of Darwinism. Journal of the History of the Behavioral
Sciences, 30, 181-185.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). Do the History of Science and the Philosophy of Science Have Anything to
Say to Each Other? PSA, 467.

Ruse, M. E. (1991). Science and Religion: Are They Still at War? Voprosy Filosofi, 2, 36-57.

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Ruse, M. E. (1990). Are Pictures Really Necessary? The Case of Sewell Wright's "Adaptive
Landscape". PSA, 63-77.

Ruse, M. E. (1990). Making Use of Creationism: A Case-Study for the Philosophy of Science
Classroom. Studies in Philosophy and Education, 10, 81-92.

Ruse, M. E. (1989). Do Organisms Exist? American Zoologist, 29, 1061-1066.

Ruse, M. E. (1989). Great Expectations. Quarterly Review of Biology, 4, 463-468.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Philosophy of Biology Comes of Age. Philosophia Naturalis, 25, 269-284.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Response to Williams: Selfishness is Not Enough. Zygon, 23, 413-416.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Rigorous Regularism: Physical Laws Without Necessity. Dialogue, 3, 523-
528.

Ruse, M. E. (1987). Biological Species: Natural Kinds, Individuals, or What? British Journal for
the Philosophy of Science, 38, 225-242.

Ruse, M. E. (1987). Darwinism and Determinism. Zygon, 22, 419-442.

Ruse, M. E. (1987). Is Sociobiology a New Paradigm? Philosophy of Science, 54, 98-104.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). Darwin as Hollywood Epic. Quarterly Review of Biology, 4, 509-515.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). Evolutionary Ethics: A Phoenix Arisen. Zygon, 21, 995-112.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). Grunbaum on Psychoanalysis: Where Do We Go From Here? Behavioral

and Brain Sciences, 9, 256-257.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). Sociobiology Moves Along. Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 16, 2141-
2149.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). The Academic as Expert Witness. Science, Technology, and Human Values,
11, 68-73.

Ruse, M. E., & Wilson, E. O. (1986). Moral Philosophy as Applied Science. Philosophy, 61, 173-
192.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). Admayration. Quarterly Review of Biology, 60, 183-192.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). Philosophy of Science and Psychoanalysis. Free Inquiry, 5, 28-30.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Biological Science and Feminist Values. PSA, 525-542.

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Ruse, M. E. (1984). Genesis Revisited: Can We do Better than God? Zygon, 19, 297-316.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Human Sociobiology: A Philosophical Perspective. Eidos, 3, 46-88.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Is there a limit to our knowledge of evolution? Bioscience, 34, 100-104.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Nature/nurture: reflections on approaches to the study of homsexuality.

Journal of Homosexuality, 10, 141-151.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). The Morality Gene. The Monist, 67, 167-199.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Creation Science is Not Science. Science, Technology, and Human Values, 1,
72-78.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Response to Laudan: Pro Justice. Science, Technology, and Human Values,
7, 19-23.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). The Arkansas Creation Trial 1981: Is There a Message for Us All? History
and Social Science Teacher, 18, 23-28.

Ruse, M. E. (1981). Are there gay genes? Journal of Homosexuality, 4, 5-34.

Ruse, M. E. (1981). Biology Versus Culture in Human Behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,
250-251.

Ruse, M. E. (1981). Is Human Sociolbiology a New Paradigm? Philosophical Forum, XII, 119-
143.

Ruse, M. E. (1981). Medicine as Social Science: the Case of Freud on Homosexuality. Journal
of Medicine and Philosophy, 6, 361-386.

Ruse, M. E. (1981). Species and Individuals. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 4, 299-300.

Ruse, M. E. (1980). Genetics and the quality of life. Social Indicators Research, 7, 419-441.

Ruse, M. E. (1980). Is Science Sexist? Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 3, 197-198.

Ruse, M. E. (1979). Falisifiability, Consilience, and Systematics. Systematic Zoology, 29, 520-
526.

Ruse, M. E. (1978). Critical Review of Woodfield and Wright on Teleology. Canadian Journal
of Philosophy, 8, 191-203.

Ruse, M. E. (1978). Darwin and Herschel. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, 9,
323-333.

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Ruse, M. E. (1978). What Kind of Revolution Occurred in Geology. PSA, 2, 240-273.

Ruse, M. E. (1978). What Kind of Revolution Occurred in Geology. PSA, 2, 240-273.

Ruse, M. E. (1977). Karl Popper's Philosophy of Biology. Philosophy of Science, 44, 638-661.

Ruse, M. E. (1977). William Whewell and the Argument from Design. Monist, 60, 244-268.

Ruse, M. E. (1976). Charles Lyell and the philosophers of science. British Journal of the History
of Science, 9, 121-131.

Ruse, M. E. (1976). Sociobiology: Sound Science or Muddled Metaphysics? Philosophy of

Science, 2, 48-73.

Ruse, M. E. (1976). The Scientific Methodology of William Whewell. Centanrus, 20, 227-257.

Ruse, M. E. (1975). Charles Darwin and Artificial Selection. Journal of the History of Ideas, 36,
339-350.

Ruse, M. E. (1975). Charles Darwin's theory of evolution: an analysis. Journal of the History of
Biology, 8, 219-241.

Ruse, M. E. (1975). Darwin's Debt to Philosophy: an Examination of the Influence of

Philosophical Ideas of J.F.W. Herschel and William Whewell on Charles Darwin's
Development of his Theory of Evolution. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science,
9, 323-331.

Ruse, M. E. (1975). The relationship between science and religion in Britain: 1830-1870. Church
History, 44, 505-522.

Ruse, M. E. (1975). Woodger on Genetics: A Critical Evaluation. Acta Biotheoretica, XXIV, 1-13.

Ruse, M. E. (1974). Cultural Evolution. Theory and Decision, 5, 413-440.

Ruse, M. E. (1974). Narrative Explanation Revisited. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 4, 529-

533.

Ruse, M. E. (1974). Reduction in Genetics. PSA, 633-651.

Ruse, M. E. (1974). The Darwin Industry: a Critical Evaluation. History of Science, 12, 43-58.

Ruse, M. E. (1973). A Reply to Wright's Analysis of Functional Statements. Philosophy of

Science, 40, 277-280.

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Ruse, M. E. (1973). On the Supposed Incoherence of Numerical Taxonomy. Journal of

Theoretical Biology, 40, 603-605.

Ruse, M. E. (1973). Teleological Explanation and the Animal World. Mind, LXXXII, 433-436.

Ruse, M. E. (1973). The Nature of Scientific Models: Formal v. Material Analogy. Philosophy of
the Social Sciences, 3, 63-80.

Ruse, M. E. (1973). The value of analogical models in science. Dialogue, 12, 246-253.

Ruse, M. E. (1972). Biological Adaptation. Philosophy of Science, 39, 525-528.

Ruse, M. E. (1972). Bunge on Time. Philosophy of Science, 39, 82.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Functional Statements in Biology. Philosophy of Science, 38, 87-95.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Gregg's Paradox: A Proposed Revision to Buck and Hull's Solution.
Systematic Zoology, 20, 239-245.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Is the theory of evolution different? I. the central core of the theory. Scientia,
106, 765-783.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Is the theory of evolution different? II. The structure of the entire theory.
Scientia, 106, 1069-1093.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Narrative Explanation and the Theory of Evolution. The Canadian Journal
of Philosophy, 1, 59-74.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Natural selection in the origin of species. Studies in History and Philosophy
of Science, 311-352.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Reduction, replacement, and molecular biology. Dialectica, 25, 39-72.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). The Species Problem: a Reply to Hull. British Journal for the Philosophy of
Science, 22, 369-371.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Two Biological Revolutions. Dialectica, 25, 17-38.

Ruse, M. E. (1970). Are there laws in biology? Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 48, 234-246.

Ruse, M. E. (1970). The Revolution in Biology. Theoria, XXXVI, 1-22.

Ruse, M. E. (1969). Confirmation and Falsification of Theories of Evolution. Scientia, CIV, 329-
357.

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Ruse, M. E. (1969). Definitions of species in biology. The British Journal for the Philosophy of
Science, 20, 97-119.

Refereed Books

Ruse, M. E., & Peterson, M. (contract). Science and Religion in Conflict? Manuscript under
contract for publication, Oxford.

Ruse, M. E. (contract). Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know. Manuscript under contract for
publication, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Richards, R. J. (contract). Debating Darwin. Manuscript under contract for
publication, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). Le Darwinism. Louvain-Paris: Editions Peeters.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). The Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2012). The Philosophy of Human Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2010). Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2009). Defining Darwin: Understanding the Legacy. Buffalo, Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E. (2008). Charles Darwin. Oxford: Blackwell.

Ruse, M. E. (2008). Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue. Rowman and Littlefield.

Ruse, M. E. (2008). Evolution and Religion: A Dialogue. Rowman & Littlefield.

Ruse, M. E. (2006). Darwinism and its Discontents. Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2005). The Evolution/Creation Struggle. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University

Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2004). A Darwinian Evolutionist's Philosophy. Seoul, Korea.

Ruse, M. E. (2003). Darwin and Design: Does Evolution Have a Purpose? Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard University Press.

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Ruse, M. E. (2001). Can a Darwinian Be a Christian? The Relationship Between Science and
Religion. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2001). The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Controversies. Santa Barbara: ABC
CLIO.

Ruse, M. E. (1999). Mystery of Mysteries: Is Evolution and Social Construction? Cambridge,

Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Evolutionary Naturalism. London: Routledge.

Ruse, M. E. (1989). The Darwinian Paradigm. London: Routledge.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Homosexuality: A Philosophical Inquiry. Oxford: Blackwell.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Philosophy of Biology Today. Albany: SUNY Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy (2nd

Edition). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). Taking Darwin Seriously: A Naturalistic Approach to Philosophy. Oxford:

Blackwell.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Darwinism Defended: A Guide to the Evolution Controversies. Reading,

Mass.: Addision-Wesley.

Ruse, M. E. (1981). Is Science Sexist? And Other Problems in the Biomedical Sciences.
Dordrecht: Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1979). Sociobiology: Sense or Nonsense? Dordrecht: Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1979). The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1973). The Philosophy of Biology. London: Hutchinson.

Edited Books

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (2013). The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Darwin and Evolutionary Thought.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Ruse, M. E., & Bullivant, S. (Eds.). (2013). The Oxford Handbook to Atheism. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

Ruse, M. E., Lineweaver, C., & Davies, P. (Eds.). (2013). The Self-Organizing Universe.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (2009). Philosophy After Darwin: Classical and Contemporary Readings.
Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Sepkoski, D. (Eds.). (2009). The Palaeontological Revolution. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Travis, J. (Eds.). (2009). Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. Cambridge,
Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (2008). Evolution and Ethics by Thomas Henry Huxley. Princeton: Princeton
University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (2008). Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Biology. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Cain, J. (Eds.). (2008). The Darwinian Legacy. APS.

Ruse, M. E., & Pennock, R. (Eds.). (2008). But is it Science? The Philosophical Question in the
Evolution/Creation Controversy (2nd Edition). Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E., & Richards, R. J. (Eds.). (2008). Cambridge Companion to the Origin of Species.
Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Hull, D. (Eds.). (2007). Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Biology.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Dembski, W. (Eds.). (2004). Debating Design: Darwin to DNA. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E., Lustig, A., & Richards, R. J. (Eds.). (2004). Darwinian Heresies. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Pynes, C. (Eds.). (2003). Stem Cell Research. Buffalo: Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E., & Castle, D. (Eds.). (2002). Genetically Modified Foods. Buffalo: Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (2001). Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay, by William Whewell. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

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Ruse, M. E., & Sheppard, A. (Eds.). (2001). Cloning. Buffalo: Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (1998). The Philosophy of Biology (new edition with added material). New
York: Macmillan.

Ruse, M. E., & Hull, D. (Eds.). (1998). Readings in the Philosophy of Biology. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Maienschein, J. (Eds.). (1998). Biology and Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (1989). The Philosophy of Biology. New York: Macmillan.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (1989). What the Philosophy of Biology Is. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (1988). But is it Science? The Philosophical Question in the

Evolution/Creation Controversy. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E. (Ed.). (1980). Nature Animated. Dordrecht: Reidel.

Refereed Book Chapters

Ruse, M. (2014). Biologically evolutionary explanations of religious belief. Evolution, Religion,

and Cognitive Science: Critical and Constructive Essays. E 38-55. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2014. In Fraser Watts, & Leon Turner (Eds.), Evolution, Religion, and
Cognitive Science: Critical and Constructive Essays (pp. 38-55). Oxford University
Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). From Organicism to Mechanism - and Halfway Back? In B.G. Henning, &
A. Scare (Eds.), Beyond Mechanism: Putting Life Back into Biology (pp. 409-430).
Lexington Books.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). Natural Theology: The Biological Sciences. In Russell Re Manning (Ed.),
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). The Paradox of Samuel Butler: Insider or Outsider? In Harman, O., &
Dietrich, M. (Eds.), Outsider Scientists: Routes to Innovation in Biology (pp. 75-89).
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2013). The Primate Who Knew Too Much. In Huss, J. (Ed.), Planet of the Apes and
Philosophy: Great Apes Think Alike (pp. 153-163). Chicago: Open Court.

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Ruse, M. E. (2012). Can Darwinism Offer Existential Reassurance at Times of Personal or Social
Crisis? In Albert Poiani (Ed.), Pragmatic Evolution: Applications of Evolutionary Theory
(pp. 313-325). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2012). Darwinism and Atheism: A Marriage Made in Heaven? In Stump, J.B., &
Padgett, A.G. (Eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity (pp. 247-
267). West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.

Ruse, M. E. (2012). Origins. In James W. Haag, Gregory R. Peterson, & Michael L. Spezio
(Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Religion and Science (pp. 381-390). London and
New York: Routledge.

Ruse, M. E. (2011). Atheism, Naturalism, and Science: Three in One? In Peter Harrison (Ed.),
Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion (pp. 229-243). Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2010). Evolution and Progress. In D. Alexander, & R. N. Numbers (Eds.), Biology
and Ideology from Descartes to Dawkins. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2009). Belief in God in a Darwinian Age. In Hodge, M.J.S., & Raddick, G. (Eds.),
The Cambridge Companion to Darwin (pp. 368-89). Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2009). Myth 23: That "intelligent design" Represents a Scientific Challenge to
Evolution. In Numbers, R.N. (Ed.), Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science
and Religion. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2008). Alfred Russel Wallace, the Discovery of Natural Selection and the Origins of
Humankind. In Harman, O., & Dietrich, M.R. (Eds.), Rebels, Mavericks, and Heretics in
Biology (pp. 20-36). New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2007). Richard Dawkins and the Problem of Progress. In Grafen, A., & Ridley, M
(Eds.), Richard Dawkins: How a Scientist Changed the Way We Think (pp. 145-163).
Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2006). Kant and Evolution. In Smith, J. (Ed.), Theories of Generation (pp. 402-15).
Cambridge: University of Cambridge Press.

Ruse, M. E. (2005). Evo-Devo: A New Evolutionary Paradigm? In O'Heare, A. (Ed.),

Philosophy, Biology, and life (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements). Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.

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Ruse, M. E. (2004). Adaptive Landscapes and Dynamic Equilibrium: The Spencerian

Contribution to Twentieth Century American Evolutionary Biology. In Ruse, M.E.,
Lustig, Abigail, & Richards, Robert J. (Eds.), Darwinian Heresies (pp. 131-50).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Are Pictures Really Necessary? The Case of Sewell Wright's "Adaptive
Landscape". In Brian Baigrie (Ed.), Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical
Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science (pp. 303-375). University of Toronto
Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Thomas Henry Huxley and the Status of Evolution as Science. In Alan P.
Barr (Ed.), Thomas Henry Huxley's Place in Science and Letters: Centenary Essays.
University of Georgia Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Evolution and Ethics: The Sociobiological Approach. In Louis Pojman (Ed.),
Ethical Theory: Classical and Contemporary Readings (2nd Ed.) (pp. 91-107).
Wadsworth.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Evolutionary Ethics: A Defense. In H. Rolston, III (Ed.), Biology, Ethics,
and the Origins of Life (pp. 89-113). Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Identity: Reality or Construction? In Henry Harris (Ed.), Issues in

Evolutionary Epistemology (pp. 65-98). Oxford University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Is Homosexuality Bad Sexuality? In Robert M. Stewart (Ed.), Philosophical

Perspectives on Sex and Love. Oxford University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Le changement scientifique est une affaire de famille! In Jean Gayon, &
Jean-Jaques Wunenburger (Eds.), Le paradigme dela filiation (pp. 77-97). L'Harmattan.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Les collections de muséum: comparaisons anglo-françaises. In La

systématique et les musées (pp. 149-154). Dijon, France: OCIM.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress. In M. Adams (Ed.), The
Evolution of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Princeton University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Knowledge in Human Genetics: Some Epistemological Questions. In R.

Weir, S. Lawrence, & E. Fales (Eds.), Genes and Human Self-Knowledge. University of
Iowa Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Philosophical Preference, Scientific Inference, and Good Research Strategy.
In J. Buell, & V. Hearn (Eds.), Darwinism: Science or Philosophy? (pp. 21-28).
Richardson, TX: Foundation for Thought and Ethics.

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Ruse, M. E. (1994). Theism and Darwinism: Can You Serve Two Masters at the Same Time? In
J. Buell, & V. Hearn (Eds.), Darwinism: Science or Philosophy? (pp. 51-58). Richardson,
TX: Foundation for Thought and Ethics.

Ruse, M. E. (1993). Une défense de l'éthique évolutionniste. In Jean Pierre Changeux (Ed.),
Fondements Naturels de L'Éthique (pp. 35-64). Éditions Odile Jacob.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). A Threefold Parallelism for Our Time? Progressive Development in Society,
Science, and the Organic World. In M. Nitecki, & D. Nitecki (Eds.), History and
Evolution. State University of New York Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1991). Epistemology. In Mary Maxwell (Ed.), The Sociobiological Imagination (pp.
187-204). State University of New York Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1991). Evolutionary Ethics. In P. Singer (Ed.), Companion to Ethics. Blackwell.

Ruse, M. E. (1991). Human Biology: An Interim Report. In J. Piontek, & A. Wiercinski (Eds.),
The Peculiarity of Man. Adam Mickiewicz University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1991). William Whewell: Omniscientist. In M. Fisch, & S. Schaffer (Eds.), William
Whewell: A Composite Portrait (pp. 87-116). Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1990). Darwinism. In E. Lloyd, & E. Fox Keller (Eds.), Key Words in Biology.
Harvard University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1989). Evolutionary Epistemology. In N. Rescher (Ed.), Evolutionary

Epistemology. University Press of America.

Ruse, M. E. (1989). Sociobiology and Reductionism. In P. Hoyningen-Huene (Ed.),

Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences. Kluwer.

Ruse, M. E. (1989). The View From Somewhere: A Critical Defense of Evolutionary

Epistemology. In K. Hahiweg (Ed.), Issues in Evolutionary Epistemology (pp. 250-251).
SUNY Press.

Ruse, M. E., & Thompson, P. (1989). Neo-Darwinism: Form and Content. In J. R. Brown, & J.
Mittelstrass (Eds.), Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science vol 116 (pp. 495-512).
Kluwer.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Biological Reductionism. In F. Wuketits (Ed.), Reductionism. Dordrecht:

Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). Molecules to Men: Evolutionary Biology and Thought of Progress. In M.

Nitechki (Ed.), Evolutionary Progress (pp. 97-126). University of Chicago Press.

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Ruse, M. E. (1986). Teleology and the Biological Sciences. In N. Rescher (Ed.), Current Issues
in Teleology (pp. 56-64). University Press of America.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). Evolutionary Epistemology: Does Sociobiology Help? In J. Fetzer (Ed.),

Sociobiology and Philosophy. Dordrecht: Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). At What Level of Statistical Certainty Ought a Clinical Trial be Interrupted?
In T. Englehardt, & S. Spicker (Eds.), Philosophy of Medicine. HQ 32.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Darwin and History. In Darwin and Darwinism. Tokyo: Kyoritso Shuppan.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Is Rape Wrong on Andromeda? Reflections on Extra-Terrestrial Life. In E.

Regis (Ed.), Extraterretrials: Science and Alien Intelligence. New York: Cambridge
University Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). The Sociobiology of Human Sexuality: A Progress Report. In Heyward

Brock, & Ann Harward (Eds.), The Culture o Biomedicine: Studies in Science and
Culture, vol. 1 (pp. 92-123). Neward: University of Delaware Press.

Ruse, M. E. (1983). Creation Science is Not Science. In M. LaFollette (Ed.), Creationism,

Science, and the Law. MIT.

Ruse, M. E. (1983). Is Homosexuality Bad Sexuality? In R. Baker, & F. Elliston (Eds.),

Philosophy and Sex. Buffalo: Prometheus.

Ruse, M. E. (1983). The Ideology of Darwinism. In E. Geissler (Ed.), Darwin Today: The 8th
Kühlungsborn Colloquium on Philosophical and Ethical Problems of Biosciences.
Akademie-Verlag.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). A Philosopher's Day in Court. In A. Montague (Ed.), Creation/Evolution.

Oxford.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Darwin and Philosophy Today. In D. Oldroyd, & I. Langham (Eds.), The
Wider Domain of Evolutionary Thought (pp. 133-158). Dordrecht: Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Darwin's Legacy. In R. Chapman (Ed.), Charles Darwin: 1809-1882 A

Centennial Commemorative. Nova Pacifica.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Teleology Redux. In J. Agassi (Ed.), Scientific Philosophy Today: Essays in
Honor of Mario Bunge (pp. 299-310). Dordrecht: Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). The New Dualism: Res Philosophica and Res Historica. In M. Ruse (Ed.),
Nature Animated. Dordrecht: Reidel.

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Ruse, M. E. (1981). Are Homosexuals Sick? In Art Caplan, & H. T. Englehardt Jr. (Eds.),
Concepts of Health and Disease (pp. 693-724). Boston: Addison-Wesley.

Ruse, M. E. (1980). Scientific Discovery Case Studies. In T. Nickels (Ed.), Scientific Discovery
(pp. 131-150). Reidel.

Ruse, M. E. (1978). Sociobiology: A Philosophical Analysis. In A. Caplan (Ed.), The

Sociobiology Debate (pp. 355-375). New York: Harper.

Ruse, M. E. (1977). Is Biology Different from Physics? In R. Colodny (Ed.), Laws, Logic, Life
(pp. 89-127). Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh University Press.

Invited Reviews

Ruse, M. E. (1997). Darwin et l'après-Darwin: Une histoire de l'hypothèse de sélection

naturelle, by J. Gayon. ISIS.

Ruse, M. E. (1997). Darwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy of Natural
Selection, by D. Depew and B. Weber. ISIS.

Ruse, M. E. (1997). Reason in the Balance: The Case Against Naturalism in Science, Law, and
Education, by P. Johnson. Reason.

Ruse, M. E. (1997). The Secret Chain: Evolution and Ethics, by M. Bradie. European
Sociobiological Society.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Darwinism Evolving: Systems Dynamics and the Genealogy of Natural
Selection, by D. Depew and B. Weber. International Studies in Philosophy.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meaning of Life, by D.C.
Dennett. Skeptic.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other
Animals, by Frans de Waal. Intermediar.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Not Proven, by R. Gruner. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences.

Ruse, M. E. (1996). Third Sex, Third Gender: Beyond Sexual Dimorphism in Culture and
History, by G. Herdt. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 32, 271-274.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate
in Early Victorian Britain, by R. Yeo. Albion, 27, 331-333.

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Ruse, M. E. (1995). Evolution Extended: Biological Debates on the Meaning of Life, by C.

Barlow. BioScience, 45.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Fishing for Truth, by A.C. Finlayson. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 43,
415-415.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). Philosophy of Biology, by E. Sober. International Studies in Philosophy.

Ruse, M. E. (1995). The Ant and the Peacock: Altruism and Sexual Selection from Darwin to
Today, by H. Cronin. European Sociobiological Society, 37, 17-20.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Discovery and Explanantion in Biology and Medicine, by K. Schaffer.

Theoretical Medicine, 15, 455-463.

Ruse, M. E. (1994). Higher Superstition: The Academic Left, by P. Gross and N. Levitt. The
Sciences.

Ruse, M. E. (1993). One Long Argument: Charles Darwin and the Genesis of Modern
Evolutionary Thought, by E. Mayr. American Scientist.

Ruse, M. E. (1993). The Creationists: The Evolution of Scientific Creationism, by R. Numbers.

Metascience.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). Companion to the History of Modern Science, R.C. Olby, G.N. Cantor,
J.R.R. Christie, and M.J.S. Hodge. Biology and Philosophy.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). Created from Animals: the Moral Implications of Darwinism, by James
Rachels. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). Culture and Personality: An Empirical Approach, by L.J. Eaves, H.J.
Eysenck, N.G. Martin. European Sociobiological Society.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). From Gaia to Selfish Genes, by C. Barlow. European Sociobiological

Society.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). The Mendelian Revolution: The Emergence of Hereditarian Concepts in

Modern Science and Society, by Peter J. Bowler. Philosophy of Science Association.

Ruse, M. E. (1992). The Non-Darwinian Revolution: Reinterpreting a Historical Myth, by Peter

Bowler. Philosophy of Science Association.

Ruse, M. E. (1990). The Structure of Biological Theories, by P. Thompson. International Studies

in Philosophy.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). God and Evolution, by R. J. Barry. New Scientist.

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Ruse, M. E. (1988). The Concept of Physical Law, by N. Schwartz. Dialogue, XXVII, 523-528.

Ruse, M. E. (1988). The Essential Darwin, by M. Ridley. New Scientist.

Ruse, M. E. (1986). Evolution and Creation by Ernan McMullin. Philosophy of Science, 53, 608-
610.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, by M. Denton. New Scientist.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). Just Before Darwin, by J. Brooke. Annals of Science.

Ruse, M. E. (1984). Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism by Philip Kitcher.
Philosophy of Science, 53, 348-354.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). Charles Darwin: A Commemoration, by R. J. Barry. New Scientist.

Ruse, M. E. (1982). General Theory of Evolution, by V. Csanyi. Behavioral Processes.

Ruse, M. E. (1979). The Young Darwin and His Cultural Circe by Edward Manier. Philosophy of
Science, 46, 165-166.

Ruse, M. E. (1976). The Genetic Base of Evolutionary Change by R. C. Lewontin. Philosophy of

Science, 43, 302-304.

Ruse, M. E. (1975). Darwin and His Critics: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution by
the Scientific Community by David Hull. Philosophy of Science, 42, 338-339.

Ruse, M. E. (1972). Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, Lakatos and Musgrave (eds.).
Theory and Decision, 3, 187-190.

Ruse, M. E. (1972). Towards a Theoretical Biology by C. H. Waddington. Philosophy of Science,

39, 105-106.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Historical and Philosophical Perspectives of Science, Stuewer (ed.).

Dialogue, X, 832-835.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Philosophy, Science, and Methods, Morgenbesser, Suppes, and White (eds.).
Dialogue, X, 581-584.

Ruse, M. E. (1971). Sociological Essays and Research, Anderson (ed.). Theory and Decision, 1,
399-401.

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Nonrefereed Journal Articles

Ruse, M. E. (1993). Evolution and Progress. Tree, 8, 55-60.

Ruse, M. E. (1993). Homosexuality: Right or Wrong? Free Inquiry, 13, 25-37.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). Creation Science: Enough is Enough is Too Much! National Forum, 65, 37-
38.

Ruse, M. E. (1985). The Continuing Threat of Creation Science. Journal of College Science
Teaching, XIV, 14-19.

Ruse, M. E., & Wilson, E. O. (1985). The Evolution of Ethics. New Scientist, 1478, 50-52.

Contracts and Grants

Contracts and Grants Funded

Miller, Thomas E (PI), Ruse, M. E., Underwood, N. C., Inouye, B. D., & Davis, F. R. (Sep 2007–
Aug 2013). Bridging The Two Cultures: History and Philosophy. Funded by National
Science Foundation. (0724686). Total award $412,710.

Service
I am a blogger for the Chronicle of Higher Education and for the Huffington Post. I review about twenty
books a year, some in professional journals, including the Quarterly Review of Biology, the Lancet, The
Philosophical Quarterly, and others in more commercial outlets, including The New York Times, The
Washington Post, and the Toronto Globe and Mail. I have written many encyclopedia entries, including
Creationism for the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Regularly, I write short pieces for the
popular press and magazines, including Playboy and the Chronicle of Higher Education. I am on the
editorial board of several journals including Philosophy of Science and the Quarterly Review of Philosophy,
as well as the online Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. I have taken over as editor of a redesigned series in
philosophy of biology (aimed at the student market) with Cambridge University Press/.

The Profession

Editor for Refereed Journals

Founding Editor, Biology and Philosophy (1985–2000).

Series Editor for Books

Cambridge Series in the Philosophy of Biology (1993–2009).

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Service to Professional Associations

President, History & Philosophy of Science Section of the AAAS (1992–1993).

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