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Marjorie Grene
American philosopher
Quick Facts
- Born:
- Dec. 13, 1910, Milwaukee, Wis.
- Died:
- March 16, 2009, Blacksburg, Va. (aged 98)
- Subjects Of Study:
- Karl Jaspers
- Martin Heidegger
- evolution
- existentialism
- philosophy of biology
Marjorie Grene (born Dec. 13, 1910, Milwaukee, Wis.—died March 16, 2009, Blacksburg, Va.) was an American philosopher who is considered the founder of the philosophy of biology. Grene was known for her innovative theories on the nature of the scientific study of life, which she addressed in several works on Existentialism, including Dreadful Freedom: A Critique of Existentialism (1948). She also was one of the first to interpret the philosophical meaning of random events that occur in the course of evolution and to address the philosophical impacts of the inevitable increase in the understanding of evolutionary science. Grene received a ...(100 of 657 words)