Announcing a new book of mine 21 Nov 2009 I know, this is getting tedious, but at least I haven’t published as many books as Neil Levy… Ashgate have put up a page announcing an anthology I edited on Intelligent Design and Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. It’s due in August next year. Book Creationism and Intelligent Design Religion
Education Scientism and methodological naturalism 9 Sep 201210 Sep 2012 So I’ve been busy with work, and finding a flat and preparing to move. Larry’s been busy tearing strips off those who argue that the ENCODE data shows the genome is mostly functional (only if you think that doing anything happens to be functional). But I hadn’t forgotten his latest… Read More
Evolution Random things 4 Jul 2007 Back from the drinking sessionconference, with many good thoughts. One in particular is due to the talk by Aiden Lyons at ANU on probability and evolution – after more than two decades trying to figure it out, I had to wait for a grad student to put it all neatly… Read More
Religion A poem to remember – meme 17 Jan 2008 Shelley at Restrospectacle gives a poem she learned in school, an excellent piece by A. E. Housman, So I got to thinking – what poem sticks with me? Is it the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by Eliot, who I think is a wonderful poet? Shakespeare? Kit Marlowe? I… Read More
Can people make requests? I request a book on Frederick II of Hohenstaufen. (I believe he was allegedly the anitchrist, but hey who isn’t.)
$247.50 plus shipping. John Pieret, maybe we should all go in for one book and take turns reading it. When someone finishes it, she sends it on to the next person on the list.
Is ID a natural phenomenon? Surely it’s intelligently designed, and so violates the SLoT every time Dembski writes a new paper.
For me, it’s just a matter of having something for you to autograph when and if we meet in person. I can’t see printing out an endless pun cascade from t.o, or a Post of the Month for you to write on.