title: The origin of life: philosophical perspectives.
abstract: In this paper I consider the work which has been done on The Origin of Life in the last 100 years. It is my argument that a great deal of the underpinning of discussions on this topic have been more philosophical than anything based in brute experience or theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008954:Models, Biological; D000069497:Origin of Life; D010684:Philosophy