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Alma mater
  
York University

Education
  
York University

Name
  
David Stamos

Region
  
Western philosophy

Role
  
Philosopher


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Books
  
Evolution and the Big Questions, The Species Problem, Darwin and the nature of species, The Myth of Universal Human R, Forbidden Truths: A Refutation

Areas of interest
  
Philosophy of biology

Main interests
  
Philosophy of biology

David N. Stamos is a philosopher of science and teaches in the Philosophy Department at York University. He studied in York University, where he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy. He emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach for philosophy. His two main mottoes are: "It is not wisdom to ignore evidence" and "Politics does not determine good scholarship."

Contents

Research interests

  • Philosophy of biology
  • Darwin (historical research on his species concept and pre-Darwinian taxonomy)
  • David Hume (finding Hume’s God).
  • Human nature
  • Human rights
  • Scientific Imagination
  • Karl Popper
  • Albert Einstein
  • Edgar Allan Poe

    • Selected Books

  • Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination. Paradigm Publishers. 2017.
  • The Myth of Universal Human Rights: Its Origin, History, and Explanation, Along with a More Humane Way. SUNY Press. 2013. ISBN 978-1-61205-241-0
  • Evolution and the Big Questions: Sex, Race, Religion, and Other Matters. Wiley-Blackwell. 2008. ISBN 1-4051-4903-5
  • Recipient of a Choice 2008 Outstanding Academic Title Award, translated into Spanish and Portuguese, forthcoming in Arabic.
  • Darwin and the Nature of Species. State University of New York Press. 2007. ISBN 0-7914-6938-7
  • The Species Problem: Biological Species, Ontology, and the Metaphysics of Biology. Lexington Books. 2004. ISBN 0-7391-0778-X

    • References

    David N. Stamos Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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