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John Dupre
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Background
John Dupre is a British philosopher of Science. Specifically studying the philosophy of Biology speaking on many different topics that he thought would better explain contemporary science. -
Metaphysics
Metaphysics is the philosophy that aspires to provide the most general description of reality. -
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philosophy of biology
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Body of work
Dupre book The Disorder of Things: Metaphysical Foundations of the Disunity of Science articulates the theory of pluralistic metaphysics. An ontology of what exist that is grounded by the best science is what he sought interest in. The motivation ontological enquiry is to explore the consistency of the interpretation of a scientific result.