Michael Ruse is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph in Canada. A scholar of Charles Darwin and the revolution associated with his name, he taught philosophy for fifty-five years, first in Canada and then in the United State. He is the author and editor of over seventy books, founder of journal Biology and Philosophy, a Guggenheim fellow, a Gifford Lecturer, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.