History of Philosophy Audio Archive #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.
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Background of John Dupré
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dupr%C3%A9
Background on "A Process Perspective on Human Life"