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Interview

John Dupré

John Dupré is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Exeter and Director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences. He was recently elected President of the Philosophy of Science Association. Edit Talpsepp-Randla talks to him about the philosophy of biology.

Hello Professor. There have been many discussions about what the contribution of philosophy of science is to science itself. Some famous scientists have even claimed that philosophy has made no contribution to science. I am interested in your strategy and arguments on this matter.

I suppose that the most famous attacks on philosophy have come from physicists, and I’ll leave the philosophers of physics to respond to those.

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