David Buller

{{Short description|American philosopher of science}}

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| birth_name = David Joseph Buller

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|09|12}}

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| nationality = American

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| alma_mater = Northwestern University

| notable_works = Adapting Minds

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| institutions = Northern Illinois University

| thesis_title = Problems with Cognitivism: Confirmation, Action, and Realism

| thesis_url = https://philpapers.org/rec/BULPWC

| thesis_year = 1989

| doctoral_advisor = Arthur Fine

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| main_interests = Criticism of evolutionary psychology

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David J. Buller (born September 12, 1959){{Cite web |title=Buller, David J., 1959- |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98091208.html |access-date=2020-06-12 |website=Library of Congress Name Authority File}} is an American philosopher of science who is Distinguished Research Professor and Chair Emeritus of the Department of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University. He is known for his 2005 book Adapting Minds, in which he presents a detailed philosophical critique of evolutionary psychology.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Buller, David J. 1959– |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/buller-david-j-1959}}{{Cite journal |last1=Machery |first1=Edouard |last2=Barrett |first2=H. Clark |date=April 2006 |title=Essay Review: Debunking Adapting Minds *David J. Buller, Adapting Minds: Evolutionary Psychology and the Persistent Quest for Human Nature. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press (2005), 552 pp., $37.00 (cloth). |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/510820 |journal=Philosophy of Science |language=en |volume=73 |issue=2 |pages=232–246 |doi=10.1086/510820 |s2cid=14996644 |issn=0031-8248|url-access=subscription }} His research has been supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (award #9985820).