David Stenhouse (born 23 May 1932, in Sutton, Surrey, England) was an English philosopher and biologist. He proposed the "4-factor" theory of evolutionary intelligence and was active in ethology, education, evolutionary biology and philosophy of science in Australia and New Zealand.

He died after a short illness on 27 August 2013 in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Early life and family

Stenhouse spent his childhood on the outskirts of London and in South-West Scotland, where his parents were from. His paternal grandfather, also called David, was the headmaster of the Sandbank school. The son of J.F.M. & M.M. Stenhouse, he has one sister, Joyce. His parents moved to New Zealand when he was in his teens. He has 7 children from 2 marriages. His eldest son, Dr. John Stenhouse, was a lecturer in History at Massey University, and is currently Associate Professor in History at the University of Otago.

Work

After taking degrees in both Philosophy (under John Passmore) and Zoology at the University of Otago, he lectured at universities in New Zealand and Australia – in the Department of Zoology at The University of Queensland, the Department of Education at Massey University, and the Department of Psychology at Massey University. He is the author of a number of books and articles.

Selected publications

Books

  • , published in 1966 (Heinemann).
  • , published in 1972 (ISBN 9780457012108).
  • , published in 1974 (Allen and Unwin, ISBN 978-0-04-575017-7 and ISBN 978-0-06-496518-7) (Japanese edition: ; ).
  • , published in 1985 (Cambridge, MA: Allen and Unwin. ISBN 978-0-04-370142-3 and ISBN 978-0-04-370141-6).

Articles

  • Stenhouse, David (1960), "The Redpoll in New Zealand : Interbreeding Sub-species", Nature, 186 (4723): 488–490, Bibcode:, doi:, S2CID
  • Stenhouse, David (1962), "A New Habit of the Redpoll Carduelis Flammea in New Zealand", Ibis, 104 (2): 250–252, doi:
  • (PDF), Notornis, 10 (2): 61–67, 1962, archived from (PDF) on 28 January 2015
  • Stenhouse, David (1963), , Emu, 63 (4): 283–286, doi:
  • Stenhouse, David (1965), "Teleonomic Teaching and the Supply of Biologists", Nature, 206 (4987): 867–868, Bibcode:, doi:, PMID , S2CID
  • Stenhouse, David (1965), "A general theory for the evolution of intelligent behaviour.", Nature, 208 (5012): 815, Bibcode:, doi:, PMID
  • Stenhouse, David (1968), "O'Connor's Paradox and the Teaching of Educational Philosophy", British Journal of Educational Studies, 16 (3): 243–257, doi:, JSTOR
  • Stenhouse, David (1969), "Good Persons, Good Teachers and Language-Games", Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1 (1): 41–50, doi:
  • Stenhouse, David (1971), , Australian Journal of Education, 15 (2): 171–84, doi:, S2CID[dead link]
  • Stenhouse, David (1976), , Australian Journal of Education, 20 (2): 169–83, doi:, S2CID[dead link]
  • Stenhouse, David (1976), , Interchange, 7 (3): 51–61, doi:, S2CID[dead link]
  • D Stenhouse, MJR Gaffikin (1976), ", Occasional Paper, Massey University, New Zealand.
  • Stenhouse, David (1977), , Interchange, 8 (3): 89–101, doi:, S2CID[dead link]
  • Stenhouse, David (1979), , PhD Thesis, Massey University, New Zealand.
  • Stenhouse, David (1986), , Science Education, 70 (4): 413–25, Bibcode:, doi:[dead link]