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William R. Thompson, the Glossary

William Robin Thompson (June 29, 1887January 30, 1972) was a Canadian entomologist and also wrote on the philosophy of science in his book Science and Common Sense: An Aristotelian Excursion (1937).^[1]

44 relations: Alternatives to Darwinian evolution, Aristotle, Bachelor of Science, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Cambridge University Press, Catholic Church, Charles James Stewart Bethune, Cornell University, Creation Science Movement, E. S. Russell, Edward Saunders (entomologist), Entomology, Everyman's Library, Fellow of the Royal Society, J. B. S. Haldane, Jacques Maritain, John Dearness, London, Ontario, Mathematical and theoretical biology, Michael Ruse, Natural selection, On Growth and Form, On the Origin of Species, Osman Bakar, Ottawa, Philosophy (journal), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Population genetics, Robert J. Richards, Ronald Fisher, Species, Springer Publishing, Systematics, The Canadian Entomologist, Theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, United States Department of Agriculture, University of California Press, University of Cambridge, University of Chicago Press, University of Paris, University of Toronto, Vito Volterra, William Homan Thorpe.
Canadian entomologists
Christian creationists

Alternatives to Darwinian evolution

Alternatives to Darwinian evolution have been proposed by scholars investigating biology to explain signs of evolution and the relatedness of different groups of living things.

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Aristotle

Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.

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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Charles James Stewart Bethune

Charles James Stewart Bethune (12 August 1838 – 18 April 1932) was a Canadian Anglican priest and entomologist. William R. Thompson and Charles James Stewart Bethune are Canadian entomologists.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Creation Science Movement

The Creation Science Movement (CSM, founded in 1932 as the Evolution Protest Movement) is a British Creationist organisation which lays claim to the title "the oldest creationist movement in the world".

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E. S. Russell

Edward Stuart Russell OBE FLS (25 March 1887 – 24 August 1954) was a Scottish biologist and philosopher of biology.

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Edward Saunders (entomologist)

Edward Saunders, FRS (22 March 1848 – 6 February 1910) was an English entomologist, who specialised in Coleoptera, Hemiptera and Hymenoptera.

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Entomology

Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology.

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Everyman's Library

Everyman's Library is a series of reprints of classic literature, primarily from the Western canon.

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathematics, engineering science, and medical science".

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J. B. S. Haldane

John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (5 November 18921 December 1964), nicknamed "Jack" or "JBS", was a British-Indian scientist who worked in physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics.

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Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain (18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher.

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John Dearness

John Dearness (13 May 1852 – 6 December 1954) was a Canadian educator, botanist, and mycologist.

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London, Ontario

London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor.

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Mathematical and theoretical biology

Mathematical and theoretical biology, or biomathematics, is a branch of biology which employs theoretical analysis, mathematical models and abstractions of living organisms to investigate the principles that govern the structure, development and behavior of the systems, as opposed to experimental biology which deals with the conduction of experiments to test scientific theories.

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Michael Ruse

Michael Ruse (born 21 June 1940) is a British-born Canadian philosopher of science who specializes in the philosophy of biology and works on the relationship between science and religion, the creation–evolution controversy, and the demarcation problem within science.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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On Growth and Form

On Growth and Form is a book by the Scottish mathematical biologist D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948).

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On the Origin of Species

On the Origin of Species (or, more completely, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life)The book's full original title was On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

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Osman Bakar

Osman Bakar (born 1946) is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Malaya, the Chair Professor and Director of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies (SOASCIS), Universiti Brunei Darussalam and an Islamic philosopher.

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Ottawa

Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.

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Philosophy (journal)

Philosophy is the scholarly journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy.

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1 May 1881 – 10 April 1955) was a French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, theologian, philosopher, and teacher.

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Population genetics

Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology.

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Robert J. Richards

Robert J. Richards (born 1942) is an author and the Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Chicago.

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Ronald Fisher

Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Springer Publishing

Springer Publishing Company is an American publishing company of academic journals and books, focusing on the fields of nursing, gerontology, psychology, social work, counseling, public health, and rehabilitation (neuropsychology).

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Systematics

Systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time.

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The Canadian Entomologist

The Canadian Entomologist is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of entomology.

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Theistic evolution

Theistic evolution (also known as theistic evolutionism or God-guided evolution), alternatively called evolutionary creationism, is a view that God acts and creates through laws of nature.

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Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas (Aquino; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily.

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United States Department of Agriculture

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Thompson

Also known as William Robin Thompson.

William R. Thompson, the Glossary

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Canadian entomologists

Christian creationists

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