Tag: rhetoric
What’s Wrong with Calling Intelligent Design “Anti-Evolution”?
The term “anti-evolution” has been used for decades, over and over, by untold numbers of defenders of Darwin and critics of the theory of intelligent design.
From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design
Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start.
Q&A with Biochemist Michael Behe: What Is the “Most Trenchant Criticism of ID”?
Dr. Behe has had a lot of challenges posed to him over the years, both those that are seemingly substantive and others of a more, shall we say, rhetorical nature.
Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later
Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher.
Phillip Johnson: The “Mahatma” of the Intelligent Design Movement
Johnson spotted the slick tactics in evolutionary arguments, “the same rhetorical tricks that clever lawyers use when they have to defend a flawed case in court.”