#80 - John Dupré: Process Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, and Evolution

John Dupré is a leading philosopher of biology working at the intersection between the humanities, social sciences, and biological sciences. The term "process philosophy" is drawn from Alfred North Whitehead who advanced a metaphysics of panpsychism in his text Process and Reality driven by what he called the "experience" embedded in all wave-like entities. In this Gifford Lecture series Dupré presents his approach to evolution, determinism, materialism, and the dynamics of process philosophy and indeterminacy in six parts. (00:00:00) Why All Life Is Process (00:50:33) Evolution (01:43:36) Humans And Their Fellow Travelers (02:34:30) Personal Identity (03:22:35) Human Nature and Human Kinds (04:15:56) Free Will Professor Dupré is associated with the "Stanford School" in philosophy of science along with Nancy Cartwright, Ian Hacking, Patrick Suppes, and Peter Gallison. Enjoy. -//- Background of John Dupré https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dupr%C3%A9 Background on "A Process Perspective on Human Life" https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/gifford-lectures/2023/03/20/2022-23-gifford-lecture-series-professor-john-dupre-a-process-perspective-on-human-life/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/william-engels/support