Philosopher
Francisco J. Ayala
Overview
Francisco José Ayala Pereda (March 12, 1934 – March 3, 2023) was a Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher who was a longtime faculty member at the University of California, Irvine, and University of California, Davis.
Ayala was previously president and chairman of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At University of California, Irvine, his academic appointments included University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (School of Biological Sciences), Professor of Philosophy (School of Humanities), and Professor of Logic and the Philosophy of Science (School of Social Sciences).
Ayala's employment at UC Irvine ended in 2018 after the university issued a report relating to allegations of sexual harassment claims against him. Ayala denied having "intentionally caused sexual harassment to anybody." His name was removed from the School of Biological Sciences, the Science Library, as well as various graduate fellowships, scholarship programs, and endowed chairs.
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Ideas Francisco J. Ayala discusses
- Washington, D.C.
- Intelligent design
- Separation of church and state
- Pseudoscience
- Sexual harassment
- Los Angeles Times
- American Philosophical Society
- Theodicy
- Theology
- The New York Times
- William Lane Craig
- University of California
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Evolutionary biology
- Templeton Prize
- University of Salamanca
- Columbia University
- Dominican Order
- Evolution
Place in the tradition
Part of Philosophy of biology.