This open access book is self-standing as the only substantive anthology of writings centered on John Dupre's work. Dupré is internationally regarded as one of the most prominent living philosophers of science. His work has had a profound impact on philosophy and biology over the last half century. From fundamental questions about classification to metaphysical debates about the nature of organisms and life, Dupre's writings have changed how scholars look at the life sciences and the natural world. But it is not just his published output that has re-shaped the field. It is also his philosophical methodology, characterised by a naturalistic and interdisciplinary approach. In part this approach was shaped by Dupré's interactions with natural and social scientists, an aspect of his approach to philosophy that is also reflected in his role as a co-founder and then Director of the Egenis Centre for the Study of Life Sciences. This book, edited and authored by many of the world's leading philosophers of the life sciences provides a key text on the interdisciplinary study of the life sciences with a particular emphasis on philosophy. It is of interest to philosophers of science and forms a methodological reference point for students in this field.
這本開放存取的書籍獨立成為唯一一部以約翰·杜普雷（John Dupre）作品為中心的實質選集。杜普雷在國際上被視為當代最傑出的科學哲學家之一。他的作品在過去半個世紀對哲學和生物學產生了深遠的影響。從關於分類的基本問題到有關有機體和生命本質的形而上學辯論，杜普雷的著作改變了學者們對生命科學和自然世界的看法。但不僅僅是他的出版作品重塑了這個領域，還有他的哲學方法論，這種方法論以自然主義和跨學科的方式為特徵。部分原因是杜普雷與自然科學家和社會科學家的互動，這也是他對哲學的方式的一個方面，並在他作為生命科學研究中心（Egenis Centre for the Study of Life Sciences）的共同創辦人及後來的主任的角色中得以體現。本書由許多世界頂尖的生命科學哲學家編輯和撰寫，提供了關於生命科學跨學科研究的關鍵文本，特別強調哲學。這本書對科學哲學家具有興趣，並為該領域的學生提供了一個方法論的參考點。
Sabina Leonelli holds the Chair of Philosophy and History of Science and Technology at the Technical University of Munich, where she is also Research Director of the Ethical Data Initiative, Co-Director of the Public Science Lab and lead of the ERC Project PHIL_OS. Until 2024 she was the Director of the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences at the University of Exeter, where she holds a Honorary Professorship. She is the president of the International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) and an elected Fellow of the Academia Europaea, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the Académie Internationale de Philosophie de la Science. Her research concerns the role of technology and data in knowledge production, and especially how computing and digitalisation efforts are transforming research and its social dynamics and roles; and the institutionalisation of Open Science as a window on the methods, epistemology and political economy of contemporary forms of scientific inquiry, particularly in the life and environmental sciences. Her work aims to foster both understanding of these processes and strategies for interventions to support low-resourced environments as well as planetary health.
Celso Neto is an associate professor in philosophy at the University of Exeter, where he is a member of the Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences and currently leads a large project on race and genomics funded by the European Research Council. Before joining Exeter, Celso held a postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University, working across the philosophy and biochemistry and molecular biology departments. His main interest lies in understanding biological classification, as well as how biases and values influence methodologies and reasoning in science, with a particular focus on evolutionary biology and its intersection with societal issues.
Stephan Guttinger is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Exeter, UK. He is leading a 4-year project on AI in Science funded by a Leverhulme Research Leadership Award (start September 2026). He is also co-lead of the Data, Knowledge and AI research strand at the Egenis Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences and serves as the head of research for the Exeter branch of the Ethical Data Initiative, a project jointly hosted by the University of Exeter and the Technische Universität München (TUM). Stephan's work focuses on knowledge production in the biological laboratory, with a particular focus on issues such as experimental control, reproducibility, and the increasing use of AI-driven automation.
薩比娜·萊奧內利擔任慕尼黑工業大學的科學與技術哲學及歷史講座教授，同時也是倫理數據倡議的研究主任、公共科學實驗室的共同主任，以及歐洲研究委員會（ERC）項目PHIL_OS的負責人。在2024年之前，她是埃克塞特大學生命科學研究中心的主任，並擔任榮譽教授。她是國際生物學歷史、哲學與社會研究學會（ISHPSSB）的會長，並且是歐洲學院、美國科學促進會（AAAS）及國際科學哲學學院的當選院士。她的研究關注技術和數據在知識生產中的角色，特別是計算和數位化如何改變研究及其社會動態和角色；以及開放科學的制度化作為當代科學探究方法、認識論和政治經濟的一個窗口，特別是在生命科學和環境科學領域。她的工作旨在促進對這些過程的理解以及支持資源匱乏環境和行星健康的干預策略。
塞爾索·內托是埃克塞特大學的哲學副教授，並且是生命科學研究中心的成員，目前領導一個由歐洲研究理事會資助的關於種族和基因組學的大型項目。在加入埃克塞特之前，塞爾索在達爾豪斯大學擔任博士後研究員，跨越哲學、生物化學和分子生物學部門工作。他的主要興趣在於理解生物分類，以及偏見和價值觀如何影響科學中的方法論和推理，特別關注進化生物學及其與社會問題的交集。
斯蒂芬·古廷格是英國埃克塞特大學的哲學講師。他正在領導一個為期四年的關於科學中人工智慧的項目，該項目由Leverhulme研究領導獎資助（將於2026年9月開始）。他還是Egenis生命科學研究中心數據、知識與人工智慧研究領域的共同負責人，並擔任倫理數據倡議埃克塞特分支的研究負責人，該項目由埃克塞特大學和慕尼黑工業大學（TUM）共同主辦。斯蒂芬的工作專注於生物實驗室中的知識生產，特別關注實驗控制、可重複性以及人工智慧驅動自動化的日益使用等問題。
