Richard England
Director of the Honors Program Associate Professor of Philosophy
First floor, Honors House, Salisbury University, Salisbury MD 21801 410-546-6902 fax 410-677-5019
I study science in controversies in which there are competing claimants for the laurels of cultural authority. As a historian I have particularly focused on the late nineteenth century. So for instance, I have explored
- Victorian efforts to reconcile the first chapters of Genesis with the evolutionary history of earth gradually uncovered by geologists and biologists
- controversies over the introduction of vivisection as a research tool at traditionally religious universities.
- debates between scientific and sentimental defenders of wild birds.
- reinterpretations of the religious argument from design in light of Darwin's explanation of how organisms became adapted to their environment.
I am also interested in contemporary developments in similar controversies. A list of some of my publications and presentations is included at the end of my C.V.
Courses C.V. Thoughts on Grading
My gang affiliations: NCHC - NRHC - HSS - CSHPS/SCHPS