Michael Ruse
Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy
Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science
Florida State University
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Michael Ruse
Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University. A former Guggenheim Fellow and a Gifford Lecturer, Ruse is an expert on the history and philosophy of evolutionary biology. He appeared as a witness for the ACLU in Arkansas in the successful attack on the teaching of creationism in the state’s public schools. He is the author of many books, including The Darwinian Revolution: Science Red in Tooth and Claw, Monad to Man: The Concept of Progress in Evolutionary Biology, and Can a Darwinian be a Christian? The Relationship between Science and Religion.