Category Archives: Creationism and Intelligent Design
A boycott of Synthese
Brian Leiter has suggested a professional boycott of the journal Synthese until they admit their error in the disclaimer case, and I am the contact for messages supporting it from publishing philosophers. Leiter says: I would urge all philosophers to … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion
Did Synthese bow to Intelligent Design pressure?
A while back I published a paper in a special edition of Synthese on “Evolution and its rivals”. My paper was titled “Are Creationists Rational?” in which I argued that yes, in a bounded sense they are. I was very … Continue reading
Filed under Academe, Censorship, Creationism and Intelligent Design, Evolution, Philosophy, Politics, Rant, Religion
The heuristics of antiscience
I’m crowdsourcing here, to ensure that I don’t say anything more stupid than usual. I’m writing a piece for a forthcoming book on antiscience, edited by Massimo Pigliucci. I want to consider the heuristics of antiscientific thinking, but, not being … Continue reading
Intelligent designoids are unsure about me
Normally I wouldn’t link to these guys, but I’m having a kind of odd week with the ID crowd. On the one hand the ever reliable Casey Luskin has declared I am condescending for suggesting we teach science free of … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, Evolution, History, Species concept
Killer Links from Outer Space
I really have to do these more often… but I’ve been teaching.
