David N. Stamos

David N. Stamos
NationalityCanadian
Alma materYork University
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolAnalytic philosophy
Main interests
Philosophy of biology

David N. Stamos (born 1957) is a Canadian philosopher of science and professor in the Philosophy Department at York University.[1] 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."[2]

Research interests

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
  • 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

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