David Lee Hull (15 June 1935 – 11 August 2010)[1] was an American philosopher who was most notable for founding the field philosophy of biology.[2] Additionally, Hull is recognized within evolutionary culture studies as contributing heavily in early discussions of the conceptualization of memetics.[3][4] In addition to his academic prominence, he was well known as a gay man who fought for the rights of other gay and lesbian philosophers.[5] Hull was partnered with Richard "Dick" Wellman, a Chicago school teacher, until Wellman's passing during the drafting of Science as Process.[6]
David Hull
Born
15 June 1935
Died
11 August 2010
Education
Illinois Wesleyan University (BS) Indiana University (PhD)
Partner
Richard "Dick" Wellman
Notable ideas
Philosophy of Biology, Species-As-Individuals, Evolutionary Interactors
Hull initially got a bachelor's degree in Biology at Illinois Wesleyan University.[6] He then became one of the first graduates of the History and Philosophy of Science department at Indiana University (IU). After earning his PhD from IU, he taught at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee for 20 years before moving to Northwestern, where he taught for another 20 years. Hull was a former president of the Philosophy of Science Association, the ISHPSSB, and the Society for Systematic Biology. He was particularly well known for his argument that species are not sets or collections but rather spatially and temporally extended individuals (also called the individuality thesis or "species-as-individuals" thesis).
He is considered to have founded and systematically developed the area of philosophy of biology as it is understood in contemporary philosophy. Hull proposed an elaborate discussion of science as an evolutionary process in his 1988 book, which also offered a historical account of the "taxonomy wars" of the 1960s and 1970s between three competing schools of taxonomy: phenetics, evolutionary systematics, and cladistics. In Hull's view, science evolves like organisms and populations do, with a demic population structure, subject to selection for ideas based on "conceptual inclusive credit." Either novelty or citation of work gives credit, and the professional careers of scientists share in credit by using successful research. This is a "hidden hand" account of scientific progress.
Additionally, Hull regularly contributed to a variety of studies of evolutionary culture. He contributed to philosophical and empirical accounts of the evolution of science and evolutionary epistemology. While most of his work is in metaphysics and epistemology of evolution and biology, some of his work is closely related to what has since been called Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, or Science of Science. He forwarded citation analysis to develop an account of the evolutionary survival of scientific ideas[7] which has a direct relationship to what has been called Knowledge Memes or Science Memes.[8]
He also contributed to evolutionary culture theory more broadly by contributing to initial discussions surrounding the generalization of Richard Dawkins' evolutionary vehicles in memetics research. In relation to Richard Dawkins' theory of replicators, Hull introduced the notion of interactors.[9][10]
Hull, D. L. (1964) Consistency and monophyly. Syst. Zool. 13:1-11.
Hull, D. L. (1965) The effect of essentialism on taxonomy: two thousand years of stasis. Br. J. Philos. Sci. 15: 314–326; 16: 1–18.
Hull, D. L. (1966) Phylogenetic numericlature. Syst. Zool. 15:14-17.
Hull, D. L. (1967) Certainty and circularity in evolutionary taxonomy. Evolution 21:174-189.
Hull, D. L. (1968) The operational imperative—sense and nonsense in operationalism. Syst. Zool. 17:438-457.
Hull, D. L. (1969) Morphospecies and biospecies: a reply to Ruse. Br. J. Philos. Sci. 20:280-282.
Hull, D. L. (1970) Contemporary systematic philosophies. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 1:19-54.
Hull, D. L. (1973) Darwin and His Critics: The Reception of Darwin's Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; reprinted by the University of Chicago Press, 1983, ISBN9780226360461.
Hull, D. L. (1974) Philosophy of Biological Science. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, ISBN9780136636090; translated into Portuguese (1975), Japanese (1994).
Hull, D. L. (1976) Are species really individuals? Syst. Zool. 25:174-191.
Hull, D. L. (1978) A matter of individuality. Philos. Sci. 45:335-360.
Hull, D. L. (1978) The principles of biological classification: the use and abuse of philosophy. Vol. 2, pp. 130–153. Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association.
Hull, D. L. (1979) The limits of cladism. Syst. Zool. 28:416-440.
Hull, D. L. (1980) Individuality and selection. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 11:311-332.
Hull, D. L. (1981) Kitts and Kitts and Caplan on species. Philos. Sci. 48:141-152.
Hull, D. L. (1981) Metaphysics and common usage. Behav. Brain Sci. 4:290-291.
Hull, D. L. (1983) Karl Popper and Plato's metaphor. pp. 177–189 in N. I. Platnick, and V. A. Funk, eds. Advances in Cladistics, Vol. 2 Columbia University Press, New York.
Hull, D. L. (1983) Thirty-one years of Systematic Zoology. Syst. Zool. 32:315-342.
Hull, D. L. (1984) Cladistic theory: hypotheses that blur and grow. pp. 5–23 in T. Duncan, and T. F. Stuessy, eds. Cladistics: perspectives on the reconstruction of evolutionary history. Columbia University Press, New York.
Hull, D. L. 1984. Can Kripke alone save essentialism? A reply to Kitts. Syst. Zool. 33:110-112.
Hull, D. L. (1988) Science as a Process: An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ISBN9780226360515.
Hull, D. L. (1989) The Metaphysics of Evolution. Stony Brook NY: State University of New York Press, ISBN9780791402122.
Hull, D. L. (1992) "Review of The Scientific Attitude" Current Comments 15 (September 28): 149–154.
Hull, D. L. (1997) The ideal species concept—and why we can't get it. pp. 357–380 in M. F. Claridge, H. A. Dawah, and M. R. Wilson, eds. Species: the units of biodiversity. Chapman & Hall, London.
Hull, D. L. (1999) The use and abuse of Sir Karl Popper. Biol. & Philos. 14:481-504.
Hull, D. L. (1999) "Evolutionists red in tooth and claw" Nature, 398 (April): 385.
Hull, D. L. (2000) "Activism, scientists and sociobiology" Nature 407 (6805): 673–674
Hull, D. L. (2001) "Replicators and interactors" In his Science and Selection. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–32.
Hull, D. L. (2001) The role of theories in biological systematics. Stud. Hist. Phil. Biol. & Biomed. Sci. 32:221-238.
Hull, D. L. (2002) Words and words about species. Evolution 56:426-428.
Hull, D. L. (2002a) "A career in the glare of public acclaim" Bioscience 52 (September): 837–841.
Hull, D. L. (2002b) "Explanatory styles in science" American Scientist, September.
Hull, D. L., R. Langman and S. Glenn (2001) Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 (3): 511–528.
Hull, D. L. and M. Ruse, eds., (1998) The Philosophy of Biology Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN9780198752127.
^Wisniewski, Mary (August 12, 2010). . Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on August 16, 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
^Ramirez, Margaret (23 August 2010). "Northwestern professor David L. Hull helped found philosophy of biology". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
^Hull, D. L. (1982). The naked meme. In H. C. Plotkin (Ed.), Learning, development and culture: Essays in evolutionary epistemology (pp. 273–327).
^Hull, David L. (2001-01-04), "Taking memetics seriously: Memetics will be what we make it", Darwinizing CultureThe Status of Memetics as a Science, Oxford University Press, pp. 43–67, doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192632449.003.0003, ISBN978-0-19-263244-9, retrieved 2022-12-18
^ abRuse, Michael (November 2010). "David Hull: a memoir". Biology & Philosophy. 25 (5): 739–747. doi:10.1007/s10539-010-9236-0. ISSN 0169-3867. S2CID 84131750.
^Hull, David L.; Tessner, Peter D.; Diamond, Arthur M. (1978-11-17). "Planck's Principle: Do younger scientists accept new scientific ideas with greater alacrity than older scientists?". Science. 202 (4369): 717–723. doi:10.1126/science.202.4369.717. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17807228. S2CID 40962458.
^L., Hull, David (1989). The metaphysics of evolution. State University of New York Press. ISBN0-7914-0211-8. OCLC 19554701.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^L., Hull, David (2001). Science and selection : essays on biological evolution and the philosophy of science. Cambridge University Press. ISBN0-521-64339-2. OCLC 876723188.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Fellman, Megan. "David L. Hull, Philosopher of Science, Dies". News Center. NoNorthwestern University. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
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David Lee Hull 15 June 1935 11 August 2010 1 was an American philosopher who was most notable for founding the field philosophy of biology 2 Additionally Hull is recognized within evolutionary culture studies as contributing heavily in early discussions of the conceptualization of memetics 3 4 In addition to his academic prominence he was well known as a gay man who fought for the rights of other gay and lesbian philosophers 5 Hull was partnered with Richard Dick Wellman a Chicago school teacher until Wellman s passing during the drafting of Science as Process 6 David HullBorn15 June 1935Died11 August 2010EducationIllinois Wesleyan University BS Indiana University PhD PartnerRichard Dick WellmanNotable ideasPhilosophy of Biology Species As Individuals Evolutionary Interactors Contents 1 Education and career 2 Bibliography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksEducation and career editHull initially got a bachelor s degree in Biology at Illinois Wesleyan University 6 He then became one of the first graduates of the History and Philosophy of Science department at Indiana University IU After earning his PhD from IU he taught at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee for 20 years before moving to Northwestern where he taught for another 20 years Hull was a former president of the Philosophy of Science Association the ISHPSSB and the Society for Systematic Biology He was particularly well known for his argument that species are not sets or collections but rather spatially and temporally extended individuals also called the individuality thesis or species as individuals thesis He is considered to have founded and systematically developed the area of philosophy of biology as it is understood in contemporary philosophy Hull proposed an elaborate discussion of science as an evolutionary process in his 1988 book which also offered a historical account of the taxonomy wars of the 1960s and 1970s between three competing schools of taxonomy phenetics evolutionary systematics and cladistics In Hull s view science evolves like organisms and populations do with a demic population structure subject to selection for ideas based on conceptual inclusive credit Either novelty or citation of work gives credit and the professional careers of scientists share in credit by using successful research This is a hidden hand account of scientific progress Additionally Hull regularly contributed to a variety of studies of evolutionary culture He contributed to philosophical and empirical accounts of the evolution of science and evolutionary epistemology While most of his work is in metaphysics and epistemology of evolution and biology some of his work is closely related to what has since been called Bibliometrics Scientometrics or Science of Science He forwarded citation analysis to develop an account of the evolutionary survival of scientific ideas 7 which has a direct relationship to what has been called Knowledge Memes or Science Memes 8 He also contributed to evolutionary culture theory more broadly by contributing to initial discussions surrounding the generalization of Richard Dawkins evolutionary vehicles in memetics research In relation to Richard Dawkins theory of replicators Hull introduced the notion of interactors 9 10 He was Dressler Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Northwestern University 11 Bibliography editHull D L 1964 Consistency and monophyly Syst Zool 13 1 11 Hull D L 1965 The effect of essentialism on taxonomy two thousand years of stasis Br J Philos Sci 15 314 326 16 1 18 Hull D L 1966 Phylogenetic numericlature Syst Zool 15 14 17 Hull D L 1967 Certainty and circularity in evolutionary taxonomy Evolution 21 174 189 Hull D L 1968 The operational imperative sense and nonsense in operationalism Syst Zool 17 438 457 Hull D L 1969 Morphospecies and biospecies a reply to Ruse Br J Philos Sci 20 280 282 Hull D L 1970 Contemporary systematic philosophies Annu Rev Ecol Syst 1 19 54 Hull D L 1973 Darwin and His Critics The Reception of Darwin s Theory of Evolution by the Scientific Community Cambridge MA Harvard University Press reprinted by the University of Chicago Press 1983 ISBN 9780226360461 Hull D L 1974 Philosophy of Biological Science Englewood Cliffs Prentice Hall ISBN 9780136636090 translated into Portuguese 1975 Japanese 1994 Hull D L 1976 Are species really individuals Syst Zool 25 174 191 Hull D L 1978 A matter of individuality Philos Sci 45 335 360 Hull D L 1978 The principles of biological classification the use and abuse of philosophy Vol 2 pp 130 153 Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association Hull D L 1979 The limits of cladism Syst Zool 28 416 440 Hull D L 1980 Individuality and selection Annu Rev Ecol Syst 11 311 332 Hull D L 1981 Kitts and Kitts and Caplan on species Philos Sci 48 141 152 Hull D L 1981 Metaphysics and common usage Behav Brain Sci 4 290 291 Hull D L 1983 Karl Popper and Plato s metaphor pp 177 189 in N I Platnick and V A Funk eds Advances in Cladistics Vol 2 Columbia University Press New York Hull D L 1983 Thirty one years of Systematic Zoology Syst Zool 32 315 342 Hull D L 1984 Cladistic theory hypotheses that blur and grow pp 5 23 in T Duncan and T F Stuessy eds Cladistics perspectives on the reconstruction of evolutionary history Columbia University Press New York Hull D L 1984 Can Kripke alone save essentialism A reply to Kitts Syst Zool 33 110 112 Hull D L 1988 Science as a Process An Evolutionary Account of the Social and Conceptual Development of Science Chicago University of Chicago Press ISBN 9780226360515 Hull D L 1989 The Metaphysics of Evolution Stony Brook NY State University of New York Press ISBN 9780791402122 Hull D L 1992 Review of The Scientific Attitude Current Comments 15 September 28 149 154 Hull D L 1997 The ideal species concept and why we can t get it pp 357 380 in M F Claridge H A Dawah and M R Wilson eds Species the units of biodiversity Chapman amp Hall London Hull D L 1999 The use and abuse of Sir Karl Popper Biol amp Philos 14 481 504 Hull D L 1999 Evolutionists red in tooth and claw Nature 398 April 385 Hull D L 2000 Activism scientists and sociobiology Nature 407 6805 673 674 Hull D L 2001 Replicators and interactors In his Science and Selection Cambridge UK Cambridge University Press pp 13 32 Hull D L 2001 The role of theories in biological systematics Stud Hist Phil Biol amp Biomed Sci 32 221 238 Hull D L 2002 Words and words about species Evolution 56 426 428 Hull D L 2002a A career in the glare of public acclaim Bioscience 52 September 837 841 Hull D L 2002b Explanatory styles in science American Scientist September Hull D L R Langman and S Glenn 2001 A general account of selection biology immunology and behavior Behavioral and Brain Sciences 24 3 511 528 Hull D L and M Ruse eds 1998 The Philosophy of Biology Cambridge UK Cambridge University Press ISBN 9780198752127 See also editAmerican philosophy List of American philosophersReferences edit Wisniewski Mary August 12 2010 DAVID L HULL 1935 2010 Top philosopher of science backed gay lesbian rights Chicago Sun Times Archived from the original on August 16 2010 Retrieved October 21 2015 Ramirez Margaret 23 August 2010 Northwestern professor David L Hull helped found philosophy of biology Chicago Tribune Retrieved 3 December 2020 Hull D L 1982 The naked meme In H C Plotkin Ed Learning development and culture Essays in evolutionary epistemology pp 273 327 Hull David L 2001 01 04 Taking memetics seriously Memetics will be what we make it Darwinizing CultureThe Status of Memetics as a Science Oxford University Press pp 43 67 doi 10 1093 acprof oso 9780192632449 003 0003 ISBN 978 0 19 263244 9 retrieved 2022 12 18 Overmann R J 2000 David Hull Hod carrier Biology and Philosophy 15 311 320 a b Ruse Michael November 2010 David Hull a memoir Biology amp Philosophy 25 5 739 747 doi 10 1007 s10539 010 9236 0 ISSN 0169 3867 S2CID 84131750 Hull David L Tessner Peter D Diamond Arthur M 1978 11 17 Planck s Principle Do younger scientists accept new scientific ideas with greater alacrity than older scientists Science 202 4369 717 723 doi 10 1126 science 202 4369 717 ISSN 0036 8075 PMID 17807228 S2CID 40962458 Kuhn Tobias Perc Matjaz Helbing Dirk 2014 11 21 Inheritance Patterns in Citation Networks Reveal Scientific Memes Physical Review X 4 4 041036 doi 10 1103 PhysRevX 4 041036 ISSN 2160 3308 S2CID 14810454 L Hull David 1989 The metaphysics of evolution State University of New York Press ISBN 0 7914 0211 8 OCLC 19554701 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link L Hull David 2001 Science and selection essays on biological evolution and the philosophy of science Cambridge University Press ISBN 0 521 64339 2 OCLC 876723188 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Fellman Megan David L Hull Philosopher of Science Dies News Center NoNorthwestern 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