Greg Rupik

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History & philosophy of biology | Author- Remapping Biology with Goethe, Schelling, and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution (Routledge) | Chief of Staff and University Secretary, University of St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto | he/him | 🐋🌱🏳️‍🌈

The written early review of remapping biology with Goethe Schelling and Herder, which is available via the link
James Posselwhite's engraving portrait of Goethe
A photo of a door sign stating Greg's title chief of staff and university Secretary with open door to his office to the right
Anne Sophie and Greg sitting in a bar.
Philip Ball on stage showing a slide
Crab in a tidal pool
Denis in front of his ontological intertidal slide
Panelists in front of a slide
Four panelists with image of Evelyn Fox Keller in the background
Greg in front of the Monument à la République in Paris
Yellow bird with black eye band in Playa del Carmen Mexico
A screenshot of acceptance email for my paper to ISH
Chocolate babka wreath in front of a Christmas tree
A screenshot of Edward Jones-Imhotep's bluesky profile
Text from Naomi Fisher: "Greg Rupik bridges the Romantic notions of life at the turn of the 19th century with contemporary philosophy of biology, showing how Goethe and other Romantic philosophers and scientists have ongoing relevance for how we think about organisms, life, and biology. He translates Goethe’s writings on morphology and experimentation into contemporary terms, arguing that this Goethean philosophy of biology provides a compelling alternative to the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis. This book is an important contribution to the history of biology in this era, and will be immensely valuable to those looking to expand the horizons of evolutionary biology today."
Mirror selfie of Greg in black shirt with circular Stephen Jay Gould design described in the post.
An image with Denis Walsh's endorsement of Gregory Rupik's Remapping Biology with Goethe Schelling and Herder: Romanticizing Evolution. It reads: Masterful. Rupik’s elegant argument echoes the oft heard complaint that evolutionary biology is greatly impoverished by its neglect of the organism. But, unlike many, Rupik does something about it. He returns us to the Romantics of Jena at turn of the 19th century—Goethe, Schelling, Herder, and others—to the very inception of modern biology. This Romantic biology is alien to our current Modern Synthesis tradition, yet as Rupik demonstrates, there are riches here to be mined for the benefit of contemporary evolutionary thought. In the process, Rupik provides an object lesson in the power of historically informed philosophy of science to enrich current theory and practice."
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