The new Darwin film 6 Sep 2009 From this review and several other things I have seen of it, The Creation looks to be a pretty sympathetic treatment of Darwin’s life and work. It’s a pity it’s based on a false premise: that Darwin was motivated by the death of his daughter Annie to become irreligious, or that Emma became religious because of it. Darwin’s religion had faded well before his daughter’s death, and he finally abandoned his Christianity well after it, and Emma was always a conservative and orthodox Christian. But Paul Bettany is my choice for playing Darwin as a young man. He’s absolutely perfect. Evolution History Pop culture
Book Sterelny reviews book on Gould 14 May 2010 Kim Sterelny is perhaps the most significant philosopher of biology working today, although he is not I think much of a fan of Stephen Jay Gould, who many think is significant too. This review of a book about Gould indicates the lay of the land in this dispute. Kim previously… Read More
Evolution Could God Have Set Up Darwinian Accidents? 9 Jul 20119 Jul 2011 I have a paper forthcoming in the Theology and Philosophy journal Zygon, that I thought some of the readers of this blog might find interesting. Here’s the PhilPapers entry: John S. Wilkins (forthcoming). Could God Have Set Up Darwinian Accidents? Zygon. Charles Darwin, in his discussions with Asa Gray and in… Read More
Is it coming to Australia, do you know? And is there some way of getting rid of the “Automatically Generated” video trailer for a creationist film on Darwin that emerges just under your post? Maybe there is not, but it is irritating to see rubbish being advertised here.
I haven’t heard, but I would think so. As to the other, I cannot block ads without an outlay. Let me look into it. I don’t see them because I have an ad blocker in my browser. Late note: Okay, I paid the money to block ads for one year. Let me know if they still appear.