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It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge can draw conclusions from the phenotype he presents and from the traits of his relatives.

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The theory of evolution explains to us what our ancestry has been. It does not explain away our worth. Why should we be afraid to learn more about what we are?

Philip Kitcher

Philip Kitcher

Philip Kitcher

Born: February 20, 1947 (age 77)

Bio: Philip Stuart Kitcher is an American philosophy professor who specialises in the philosophy of science, the philosophy of biology, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of literature, and, more recently, pragmatism.

Known for:

Science in a Democratic Society (2011)
The Ethical Project (2011)
Science, Truth, and Democracy (2001)
Abusing science (1982)

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