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Phillip E. Johnson

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Meeting Phil Johnson at Berkeley

As a biology graduate student, I had seen first-hand some of the alleged evidence for the “fact” of common descent. Read More ›
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Phillip E. Johnson: Awaking a Sleeping Giant

Part of his brilliance was in recognizing that an appropriate challenge to the reductionisms of our age required a thoroughly multidisciplinary approach. Read More ›
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Phillip E. Johnson: Men Must Endure Their Going Hence 

My grandmother once said in my hearing that she would endure any amount of pain, work, and difficulty for five more minutes with Papaw. Read More ›
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Phil Johnson: The Seats Will Be Full

He gathered around him people with fresh takes, risk takers, even renegades, scientists who believed that evolution was an incomplete explanation for the patterns of life. Read More ›
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Remembering Phillip E. Johnson (1940-2019): The Man Who Lit the Match

Those of us in the community that seeks to advance the theory of intelligent design live in his presence every day. And we will continue to do so even following his death. Read More ›
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How Does a Religious Studies Professor Become a Darwinian Skeptic?

The perpetuation of Darwinian ideology comes at the cost of truly grappling with the profound nature of the question of biological origins. Read More ›
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New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›
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New Science Uprising Episode: Evolution, Mutations, and “Fooling the Laymen”

The idea that random genetic mutations lead to wondrous, creative innovations is so influential that it forms the premise of a movie franchise, X-Men, that has grossed $6 billion. Read More ›

Philosophers Want Back into Science

One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›

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