Tag: rhetoric
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.”
Sociology Journal: Why Lobbyists So Persistently Call Evolution a “Fact”
The paper could cause a stir, since it has violated an “implicit agreement” that mainstream academics should never criticize public advocates of evolution.
“Faith” and the Multiverse: A Response
I grasp the argument Professor Brian Keating is making in his PragerU video.