# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-dupre
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:18.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-dupre"
name: "John Dupré"
slug: "john-dupre"
description: "John A. Dupré is a British philosopher of science. He is the director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, and professor of philosophy at the University of Exeter. Dupré's chief work area lies in philosophy of biology, philosophy of the social sciences, and general philosophy of science. Dupré, together with Nancy Cartwright, Ian Hacking, Patrick Suppes and Peter Galison, are often grouped together as the \"Stanford School\" of philosophy of science.\nIn 2023, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society."
tagline: "British philosopher"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1952"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump