Tag: Elliott Sober
How Embryonic Development Bears on Evolution
In order for evolution to have occurred as the orthodox theory describes, the intricate embryonic development stages of species must have evolved.
Two Evolutionists Inadvertently Demolish Evolution
Yesterday we saw how, in a new paper, Warren Allmon and Robert Ross reformulate the argument for evolution from homologous structures.
Challenge to a Critic of the Design Intuition: How Do You Explain Your Own Use of It?
Previously, I questioned a theistic evolutionist’s claim that we can’t rule out chance as an explanation for something unless the probability of chance working can be calculated accurately.
What is Wrong with Sober’s Attack on ID? (Part IV): Sober’s Regressive Arguments
This fourth and final installment of a critique of Elliott Sober’s recent article entitled “What is Wrong With Intelligent Design?” will show some final problems Sober’s claim that ID is not testable because, he alleges, ID can always regress to a higher level of design. In Part I, I explained some problems with Sober’s history […]
What is Wrong with Sober’s Attack on ID? (Part III): Ignoring the Widely Discussed Positive Predictions of Intelligent Design
Philosopher Elliott Sober recently published an article entitled, “What is Wrong With Intelligent Design?” which claimed that intelligent design is not testable. In Part I, I rebutted Sober’s early history of intelligent design. Part II explained how Sober made the curious charge that auxiliary prediction weaken the testability of a scientific theory, something which Darwinists […]