David Stove Philosopher

David Charles Stove (15 September 1927 – 2 June 1994), was an Australian philosopher. His work in philosophy of science included criticisms of David Hume's inductive scepticism, as well as what he regarded as the irrationalism of Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Imre Lakatos, and Paul Feyerabend. He offered a positive response to the problem of induction in his 1986 work, The Rationality of Induction. Stove was also a critic of Idealism and sociobiology, describing the latter as a new religion in which genes play the role of gods.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 15, 1927
Birth place	New South Wales , Australia , Moree New South Wales
Date of death	June 02, 1994
Place of death	New South Wales , Sydney , Mulgoa New South Wales , Australia , New SouthWales
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Metaphysics Philosophy of science