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In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to a crisis of faith-rival stories of origins, rival judgments about he meaning of human life, rival sets of moral dictates, and above all what theologians call rival eschatologies-pictures of the future and of what lies ahead for humankind.

Michael Ruse

Science, like most human cultural phenomena, has evolved. What was allowable in the early nineteenth century is not necessarily allowable in the late twentieth century. Specifically, science today does not break with law. And this is what counts for us. We want criteria of science for today, not for yesterday.

Michael Ruse

It is simply not possible to give a neat definition — specifying necessary and sufficient characteristics — which separates all and only those things that have ever been called "science."

Michael Ruse

A scientist should not cheat or falsify data or quote out of context or do any other thing that is intellectually dishonest. Of course, as always, some individuals fail; but science as a whole disapproves of such action. Indeed, when transgressors are detected, they are usually expelled from the community.

Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse

Born: June 21, 1940

Died: November 1, 2024 (aged 84)

Bio: Michael Ruse was a philosopher of science who specialized in the philosophy of biology and was well known for his work on the relationship between science and religion, the creation evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science.

Known for:

The evolution-creation struggle (2005)
Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (2014)
The Darwinian Revolution (1979)
Taking Darwin seriously (1985)

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