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Let's not reignite an unproductive controversy

Nature volume 458, page 702 (2009)Cite this article

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Far from being dominated by scepticism about science, as Harry Collins claims in his Essay 'We cannot live by scepticism alone' (Nature 458, 30–31; 2009), mainstream philosophy of science opposes the relativism that Collins decries. We are both philosophers of biology, a field that analyses key biological concepts such as species and genes, dissects theoretical debates in biology and examines emerging fields such as systems biology. This work often involves criticism of scientific positions. But if any of it is part of Collins's sceptical 'second wave' of science studies, Richard Dawkins is a bishop.

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Dupré, J., Griffiths, P. Let's not reignite an unproductive controversy. Nature 458, 702 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458702a

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