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Darwin or Design

Darwin or Design is a collection of interviews with 25 people on both sides of the intelligent design question. There are interviews on what evolutionary theory currently thinks, what is intelligent design, the philosophy of science, ID and The Law and many others. If you want to learn about about Intelligent Design and get an overview of what is going on and have 9 1/2 hours to spend on the question, then this is the book for you!

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Rob Sawyer, Calculating God from 2008-06-13T23:44:06

In the last chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with science fiction author Rob Sawyer about his book Calculating God and his thoughts on the ID movement.

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Geoff Simmons, Darwinism, ID & Medicine from 2008-06-13T23:43:37

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Geoff Simmons M.D. Geoff Simmons is a practicing medical doctor and a author, so we talk about his recent books and the relevance of Darwinism to hi...

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Denyse O'Leary, ID & The Media from 2008-06-13T23:43:06

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Denyse O'Leary. Denyse O'Leary is a Canadian author, journalist, and blogger. We talk about Intelligent Design and the media from her unique perspec...

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John Davison, The Price of Dissent from 2008-06-13T23:42:20

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr John Davison. Dr Davison has dissented from the Darwinian conception of origins for all of his academic career. Something of a maverick Dr Daviso...

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Steve Fuller, ID & Social Epistemology from 2008-06-13T23:41:39

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Steve Fuller. We discuss the idea of Social Epistemology, what it is and how it is relevant to the question of Intelligent Design. Steve Fuller i...

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Donald McConnell, Intelligent Design, Creationism and The Law from 2008-06-13T23:40:54

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dean Donald McConnell of Trinity Law School. We talk about ID, Creationism and the Law. Professor McConnell practiced real estate litigation with th...

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Henry Schaefer, Science and Religion from 2008-06-13T23:40:18

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Henry Schaefer. Dr Schaefer and I discuss the idea of science and religion with a particular emphasis on the relationship of Christianity to scie...

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Massimo Pigliucci, Evolutionary Epistemology and ID from 2008-06-13T23:39:27

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Massimo Pigliucci. Dr Pigliucci is a Professor of Ecology and Evolution as well as of Philosophy at Stony Brook University in New York. His resea...

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Del Ratzsch, Can ID be Science ? from 2008-06-13T23:38:23

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Del Ratzsch. Dr Ratzsch is a philosopher of science and joins us to talk about whether or not intelligent design can be science or not.

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David Livingstone, Evolution and Christianity, The History from 2008-06-13T23:37:29

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr David Livingstone. Dr Livingstone teaches at the Queens University in Belfast and he talks to us about the history of evolution and Christianity ...

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Georgia Purdom, Isn't ID just Creationism in Disguise? from 2008-06-13T23:36:49

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Georgia Purdom. Dr Purdom works for Answers in Genesis and is a molecular geneticist and bona fide Young Earth Creationist. I talk to her about t...

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Ryan Nichols, Are ID and Theology Inseperable? from 2008-06-13T23:36:04

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Ryan Nichols. Dr Nichols wrote an interesting paper called Scientific content, testability, and the vacuity of Intelligent Design. So we chat abo...

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Glenn Morton, Can ID work in Biology ? from 2008-06-13T23:35:22

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Glenn Morton. Glenn and I talk about his take on the current ID debate and where he sees problems with the current approach.

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Scott Turner, The problem of Design from 2008-06-13T23:34:44

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Scott Turner. Dr Turner and I talk about the idea of Intelligent Design. Where it goes right and wrong and questions surrounding asking such ques...

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Elliot Sober, ID and the Philosophy of Science from 2008-06-13T23:33:01

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Elliot Sober. Dr Sober has taught at University of Wisconsin Madison since 1974. He is currently Hans Reichenbach Professor of Philosophy and a W...

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Mike Gene, What is Front Loading ? from 2008-06-13T23:29:38

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Mike Gene. We talk about Mike's forthcoming book The Design Matrix and we discuss the idea of front loading in biology. Mike contributes regularly t...

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James Shapiro, Sentient Cells? from 2008-05-09T17:19:30

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr James Shapiro. Dr Shapiro is a part of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Chicago. Dr Shapiro and I talk a...

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Joey Campana, Does ID research actually exist? from 2008-05-09T17:04:45

n this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Joey Campana. Joey is the designing mind behind the website ResearchID.org. This website functions as a clearing house for ID related research and he...

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Guillermo Gonzalez, The Privileged Planet from 2008-05-09T17:04:13

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Guillermo Gonzalez. We discuss the idea of a Privileged Planet, what it is and how it can be tested.

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Angus Menuge, Agency and how to identify it from 2008-05-09T17:03:31

n this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Angus Menuge. Dr. Angus Menuge is co-Director of The Cranach Institute (www.cranach.org) and Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University Wisco...

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Mike Behe, What is Irreducible Complexity ? from 2008-05-09T17:02:44

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I talk with Dr Mike Behe of Lehigh University. We talk about the different ideas in Dr Behe’s two books The Edge of Evolution and Darwin’s Black Box.

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Salvador Cordova, What is ID? from 2008-05-09T17:02:08

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I chat with Salvador Cordova.Salvador Cordova is a consultant/engineer in the aerospace, defense and financial industry. He volunteers his time at various colle...

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Nick Matzke, Can the flagellum evolve from 2008-05-09T17:01:35

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I chat with for NCSE staff member Nick Matzke about research he did on understanding the evolutionary origins of the bacterial flagellum, that icon of the ID mo...

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Sean Carroll, What is Evo Devo ? from 2008-05-09T17:01:05

In this chapter of Darwin or Design, I chat with Evolutionary Biologist Sean Carroll. We talk about the field of evolutionary developmental biology and he brings us up to speed on what is happening...

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PZ Myers, An overview of Evolution and ID from 2008-05-09T17:00:09

In this opening chapter of Darwin or Design, I chat with Biologist and staunch Darwinist, PZ Myers.

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