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Princeton Historian: Falsifiability Not a Requirement of Science

"The renowned philosopher Karl Popper coined the term 'demarcation problem' to describe the quest to distinguish science from pseudoscience. He also proposed a solution." Read More ›
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Sahelanthropus tchadensis is an extinct species of the hominid dated to about 7 million years ago
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The Fragmented Fossil Record of Early Hominins

Let's examine some of the main early hominin fossils and the debates surrounding them. Read More ›
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So Where Does the Conflict (with Alvin Plantinga) Really Lie?

I belabor the semantic point concerning "Darwinism" because the Darwinian enterprise includes a methodological exclusion of design and notoriously equivocates on words such as "evolution," "random," and even "design." Read More ›
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What Textbooks Say about the “Randomness” at the Heart of Darwinian Theory

Plantinga has decided that modern evolution is whatever he chooses to make it by citing his favored sources. Read More ›
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Seeking an Official Definition of “Randomness”: A Reply to Jay Richards

How do we tell exactly what the scientific theory of evolution is? There is no axiomatized presentation emblazoned on the walls of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science. Read More ›
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What’s in a Word? “Randomness” in Darwinism and the Scientific Theory of Evolution

This is the third in a series of reviews of Alvin Plantinga's important new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies. Read More ›
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Try to Imagine Our Country’s Founding if the Founders Had Not Been Advocates of Intelligent Design

In the absence of a common designer, the presumption of human dignity and quality has no anchor -- it's just wishful thinking. Read More ›
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“A Bit Unprepossessing”: Plantinga on the Logic of Dawkins’s Blind Watchmaker

As we head into Evolution Sunday, I offer this second installment in a series of reviews of Alvin Plantinga's long-awaited new book. Read More ›
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As the Intelligent Design Movement Publishes Peer-Reviewed Literature, Critics Backpedal

Though Judge Jones's findings were false when he made them in 2005, many have used his ruling as an excuse to perpetuate these false criticisms of ID. Read More ›
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Plantinga on Where the Conflict Really Lies

Anyone interested in the dialogue between science and religion needs to read Alvin Plantinga's new book. Read More ›

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