Confusion on Falsifiability Still Prevalent at Discovery Institute
Yes, this is another “dog bites man” story, but it is probably worth memorializing that various and sundry “intelligent design”
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Good Reason: A Ouija Board?
There’s an essay by Randal Rauser at “Christian Post” offering what’s termed a rebuttal to a criticism of an earlier
Read moreThe Synthese Editors-in-Chief Respond to a Petition
The main petition regarding the Synthese disclaimer published in the January, 2011 issue was signed by 470 academics. It asked
Read moreQuestions, Francis Beckwith, and a Tangible Absence of Answers
Yes, this is yet another bit related to the Synthese flap. One of the issues still outstanding is whether the
Read morePetition for Synthese to Retract the Disclaimer
Just in case there’s any academics who haven’t gotten the word yet, there’s a petition going requesting four things of
Read moreReligious Antievolutionists and Civility: Paul Giem
Professor Paul Giem, M.D., of Loma Linda University has a batch of video lectures online. One of them has him
Read moreSome of My Best Friends Are Authors…
Over at New APPS, the comments continue. Jeff Shallit, my co-author on the paper in Synthese, weighed in with a
Read more“New APPS” and Synthese Comments
Mark Lance makes an excellent point over at “New APPS” concerning the Synthese disclaimer flap. I think it deserves more
Read moreThe Synthese Editors-in-Chief Strike Back
The Synthese Editors-in-Chief issued a joint statement today about the disclaimer in the special issue. The closest approach to an
Read moreIs the Synthese Thing Just Business as Usual?
Chris Pincock at “Honest Toil” has a different take on the Synthese disclaimer issue. Pincock makes the argument that since
Read moreSynthese Shenanigans
I had a co-authored paper published in the philosophy journal, Synthese. It appeared online back in 2009 and then in
Read moreGrab the PDFs — Ends 12/31
The Synthese special issue on “Evolution and Its Rivals” allows downloads of the full PDFs for all the articles, but
Read moreThe Turing Test as Gender Discrimination
I jumped into discussion of a comment by Greg Laden on Facebook that touched on the Turing test. There was
Read moreConcern Trolling at the Mansfield News-Journal
A perfectly reasonable letter to the editor from Walter Kania elicited a response from Andrew Ricks with all the hallmarks
Read moreIDCs Accept Common Descent? News to Me
A philosophical look at evolution and creation by a newly-minted history Ph.D., Leslie Tomory, is titled The Shock and Awe
Read moreOpderbeck and Dover, Round 3
This is a reply to a comment by David Opderbeck in this thread. Since David has consistently accused me of
Read moreOpderbeck and Dover, Round 2
I’m going to respond to a comment left by David Opderbeck to my previous post. [David Opderbeck:] Wesley, I have
Read moreOut of the Ashes?
Philip Clayton at “Religion Dispatches” has a post up about evolution/creationism issues and the yin/yang of the classes of antievolutionists
Read moreAnother Look at Law and Theory
There’s a lot of philosophical discussion about what, precisely, constitutes a law or a theory in scientific practice. There’s also
Read moreSpecified Complexity Relies Upon Implicit Design Conjectures
William Dembski’s No Free Lunch contains the following passage: The presumption here is that if a subject S can figure
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