Michael Ruse

Michael Escott Ruse
Born	(1940-06-21) 21 June 1940 (age 84) Birmingham, England
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy
Institutions	Florida State University (2000–present) University of Guelph (1965–2000)
Main interests	Philosophy of biology Philosophy of science
Notable ideas	Orthogenesis as the view that evolution has a kind of momentum of its own that carries organisms along certain tracks[1]

Michael Ruse FRSC (born 21 June 1940) is a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science. Ruse currently teaches at Florida State University.