David N. Stamos

David N. Stamos
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	York University
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic 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. 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."

Research interests

• Philosophy of biology
• Darwin (historical research on his species concept and pre-Darwinian taxonomy)
• David Hume (finding Hume's God).
• Human nature
• Human rights
• Scientific Imagination
• Karl Popper
• Albert Einstein
• Edgar Allan Poe

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
  • Recipient of a Choice 2008 Outstanding Academic Title Award, translated into Spanish and Portuguese, forthcoming in Arabic.
• 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

External links

• York University, Department of Philosophy
• YFile - A provocative new book examines life's big questions in relation to evolution
• David Stamos: Evolution and Evidence; Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University - (Video)
• Dr David N. Stamos - The Myth of Universal Human Rights - (Video) at cohumanists.ca
• David Stamos: The Modern Myth of Human Rights Part 1 - (Video) at Centre for Inquiry Canada
• David Stamos at Academia.edu