Michael Ruse
# Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse (Birmingham, 21 giugno 1940) è un filosofo della scienza britannico.

Le sue aree di specializzazione sono la filosofia della biologia e l'interazione tra scienza e religione.

Autore prolifico, ha pubblicato diversi libri e articoli per prestigiose case editrici universitarie. Ha fondato la rivista Biology and Philosophy.

Attualmente Ruse è professore di filosofia presso la Florida State University. Ruse è noto per il suo ruolo nel dibattito tra creazionismo ed evoluzione darwiniana negli Stati Uniti. Ruse si definisce ateo e agnostico.

## Opere

* The Darwinian revolution (1979) ISBN 0-226-73164-2
* Is science sexist? and other problems in the biomedical sciences (1981) ISBN 90-277-1250-6
* Darwinism defended, a guide to the evolution controversies (1982) ISBN 0-201-06273-9
* Sociobiology, sense or nonsense? (1st ed. 1979, 2nd ed. 1985) ISBN 90-277-1798-2
* Taking Darwin seriously: a naturalistic approach to philosophy (1986) ISBN 0-631-13542-1
* Homosexuality: A Philosophical Inquiry (1988) ISBN 0-631-17553-9
* The Philosophy of biology today (1988) ISBN 0-88706-911-8
* The Darwinian paradigm: essays on its history, philosophy and religious implications (1989) ISBN 0-415-08951-4
* Evolution: The First Four Billion Years. (edited with Michael Travis) (2009) ISBN 978-0-674-03175-3
* Evolutionary naturalism: selected essays (1995) ISBN 0-415-08997-2
* Monad to man: the concept of progress in evolutionary biology (1996) ISBN 0-674-58220-9
* But is it science? the philosophical question in the creation/evolution controversy (1996) (ed.) ISBN 0-87975-439-7
* Mystery of mysteries: is evolution a social construction? (1999) ISBN 0-674-00543-0
* Biology and the foundation of ethics (1999) ISBN 0-521-55923-5
* Can a Darwinian be a Christian? the relationship between science and religion (2001) ISBN 0-521-63716-3
* The evolution wars: a guide to the debates (2003) ISBN 1-57607-185-5
* Darwin and Design: Does evolution have a purpose? (2003) ISBN 0-674-01631-9
* Darwinian Heresies (edited with Abigail Lustig and Robert J. Richards) (2004) ISBN 0521815169
* The Evolution-Creation Struggle (2005) ISBN 0-674-01687-4
* Darwinism and its Discontents (2006) ISBN 0-521-82947-X
* Cambridge Companion to the Origin of Species (edited with Robert J. Richards) (2008) ISBN 978-0-521-87079-5
* Philosophy after Darwin (2009) ISBN 0-691-13553-3
* Defining Darwin: Essays on the History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology (2009) ISBN 1-59102-725-X
* Science and Spirituality: Making room for faith in the age of science (2010) ISBN 0-521-75594-8
* The Philosophy of Human Evolution (2012) ISBN 0-521-11793-3
* The Gaia Hypothesis: Science on a Pagan Planet (2013) ISBN 978-0226731704
* Atheism: What Everyone Needs to Know (2015) ISBN 0-199-33458-7
