ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00647.x WHAT DOES EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY TELL US ABOUT PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION? Bradie Michael 02 03 1994 29 1 10.1111/zygo.1994.29.issue-1 45 54

Abstract. Considerations from evolutionary biology lead Michael Ruse, among others, to a naturalistic turn in philosophy. I assess some of the pragmatic and skeptical conclusions concerning ethics, religion, and epistemology that Ruse draws from his evolutionary naturalism. Finally, I argue that there is an essential tension between science and religion which forecloses the possibility of an ultimate reconciliation between the two as they are now understood.

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