David L. Hull

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David L. Hull


Born
in Burnside, Illinois, The United States
June 15, 1935

Died
August 11, 2010


David Lee Hull was an American philosopher who was most notable for founding the field philosophy of biology. Additionally, Hull is recognized within evolutionary culture studies as contributing heavily in early discussions of the conceptualization of memetics. In addition to his academic prominence, he was well known as a gay man who fought for the rights of other gay and lesbian philosophers. Hull was partnered with Richard "Dick" Wellman, a Chicago school teacher, until Wellman's passing during the drafting of Science as Process. ...more

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Science as a Process: An Ev...

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The Philosophy of Biology

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The Cambridge Companion to ...

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Philosophy of Biological Sc...

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Science and Selection: Essa...

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Darwin and His Critics: The...

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The Metaphysics of Evolutio...

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The federal workers' compen...

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Darwin and his critics: The...

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“Scientists believe that species evolve primarily via interorganismic competition because these scientists live in highly competitive, individualistic societies? But so do you. Perhaps this is why you think that social forces determine the beliefs that scientists happen to have.”
David L. Hull, Science as a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science