Region Western Philosophers | Role Philosopher Name David Blitz Books Emergent evolution | |
Main interests Philosophy of Science, Logic, Ethics, Mathematics Areas of interest Mathematics, Philosophy of science, Ethics, Logic Influenced by Bertrand Russell, Charles Darwin, Mario Bunge Similar People Charles Darwin, Georges‑Louis Leclerc - Comte de, Jean‑Baptiste Lamarck, Thomas Robert Malthus, Herbert Spencer | ||
Schools of thought Analytic philosophy Philosophical era 20th-century philosophy | ||
David Blitz has been a faculty member at Central Connecticut State University since 1989. His areas of teaching and research are the history and philosophy of science, with special interest in theories of evolution and modern logic, as well as the work of Charles Darwin and Bertrand Russell. His book, Emergent Evolution: Qualitative Novelty and the Levels of Reality was published in 1992 by Kluwer Academic Publishers. He is currently working on a monograph on Bertrand Russell's Philosophy of War and Peace. David Blitz is also active in the Honors Program, of which he has been Director since 1994.
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