David Hull

David Lee Hull (June 15, 1935 – August 11, 2010) was an American philosopher who was most notable for founding the field philosophy of biology. Hull is recognized within evolutionary culture studies as contributing heavily in early discussions of the conceptualization of memetics. In addition to his academic prominence, he was well known as a gay man who fought for the rights of other gay and lesbian philosophers. Hull was partnered with Richard "Dick" Wellman, a Chicago school teacher, until Wellman's passing during the drafting of Science as Process.

Education and career Hull initially got a bachelor's degree in biology at Illinois Wesleyan University. which has a direct relationship to what has been called Knowledge Memes or Science Memes.

He also contributed to evolutionary culture theory more broadly by contributing to initial discussions surrounding the generalization of Richard Dawkins' evolutionary vehicles in memetics research. In relation to Richard Dawkins' theory of replicators, Hull introduced the notion of interactors.

He was Dressler Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Northwestern University.