Carlos Castrodeza
Carlos Castrodeza Ruíz de la Cuesta (1945 – April 2012) was a Spanish biologist and philosopher. He taught philosophy of science at Madrid's Complutense University. Biography. Work. Authority on Darwin and Darwinism, Castrodeza’s thought focuses on bioethical problems from an ethological viewpoint and on scientific problems (epistemological) and ideologies from a naturalistic perspective. Castrodeza's Darwinian trilogy Biology's Deep Ways "Razón biológica" (Biological Reason), "Nihilismo y supervivencia" (Nihilism and Survival) y "La darwinización del mundo" (The Darwinization of the World) intends to show how little control we have over our future despite our profound preoccupation for  things past. For Castrodeza ethological considerations referring to behavioural mental patterns concerning man's philosophical, theological and scientific activities have a lot to say as to how we build the world in which we strive to survive. These patterns are not necessarily directly adaptative, in fact they are part of the package deal integrated in our overall strategy for survival. Naturally this strategy need not be the proper one in the sense that we may not meet adequately after all the survival challenges we have in front of us. In fact nothing guaranties our survival and we may perfectly be  in spite of our mental sophistication on the wrong track. Our wishes and intentions may have little to do with the best way to survive in the long run and may be at bottom we do not even care. We act and hope for the best on the basis of our experience which is not very much to go by. Books. Articles (selection). Castrodeza has also published in sites such as "Annals of Science" or "ISIS" and has been for a time in the Editorial Board of "History and Philosophy of the Biological Sciences"(1985–90)