John Dupré

Person · Open Library

Works

15

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

FR

Active from

1886-05-03

Active to

1971-05-30

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1

Total plays

1

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

   · 1996 · cited 200,201x

2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,536x

3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,305x

4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

   · 2007 · cited 34,191x

5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

   · 1992 · cited 28,820x

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Quotes

• “Obviously enough, we cannot decide what evolution entails without a fairly sharp conception of what it is.”
• “Empiricism provides the standard to which beliefs should answer. If we are capable of finding out what kind of world we live in, surely the best way of doing so is through our experience of it.”
• “The main point I want to make in this chapter is that prior to the development of a convincing theory of evolution there was an argument of sorts for belief in God, and an argument that could have been seen to meet naturalistic standards. However, this argument, always problematic, was entirely undermined by the development of a convincing account of evolution. Consequently, I claim, we have no good reason for belief in God. This is, of course, a very major contribution to our world-view.”
• “I should mention the possibility that there are moral rather than empirical reasons that favor religious belief. It is, of course, enormously problematic to offer as a sufficient reason for belief the suggestion that one would be better off believing it. This is generally described as wishful thinking.”
• “Religious difference, arguably, remains the most effective basis for defending boundaries between them and us, and the withering away of this kind of mythology would, I think, be entirely salutary. This is to say nothing of the thought that it may well be better for people to believe what is true.”
• “One commonly held ideal of a possible good life is one spent in adoration of or service to the Supreme Being. It is hard to believe that the value of such a life is independent of whether there is, in fact, any such being to adore or serve. In sum, how we should live is a question that cannot be wholly separated from facts about how things are.”

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