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Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
Category: Evolution
Michael Ruse has written another post about morality. Sadly, he hasn't really clarified much of anything. Throughout this discussion his position has been that there are moral facts that we come to know through non-scientific means. I have been trying...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:18 PM • 82 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Your required reading for today is Jerry Coyne's essay in the USA Today. His topic? Where morality comes from if not from God. Here's an excerpt: So where does morality come from, if not from God? Two places: evolution and...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:17 PM • 157 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Be sure to read Josh Rosenau's account of the goings-on with the Texas School Board. Josh was in town to testify on behalf of sunshine and puppies. Here's an excerpt: The best thing about the day was the stories of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:44 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Evolution
I'm sure we're all familiar with the creationist chestnut that evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics. For people with a basic science education it is something of a litmus test. As soon as you hear someone make this argument...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:40 AM • 47 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Update, May 17, 2:35 pm: Many thanks to Jerry Coyne for clearing up the question of Richard Dawkins's views on human inevitability in evolution. As I thought, Dawkins does not hold the view Ruse attributed to him. Coyne has Dawkins's...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:46 PM • 47 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Having had so much fun during my last sojourn to the University of Maryland, I decided to repeat the experience this past Wednesday. Richard Dawkins was speaking, you see. Here he is on stage during the introductions: I attended...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:14 PM • 126 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Having communicated for so long by blog and e-mail, it was a pleasure to finally meet Jerry Coyne in person last night. He was speaking at the University of Maryland. It was not the easiest trip in the world. Driving...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:16 PM • 15 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Francis Collins and Karl Giberson have a new book out called The Language of Science and Faith: Straight Answers to Genuine Questions, published by InterVarsity Press. It is yet another defense of theistic evolution. I'm always a bit conflicted when...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:09 PM • 48 Comments •
Category: Evolution
I am on the mailing lists of a number of creationist organizations, including the Access Research Network. A few days ago I received a postcard from them. It opens with the following, encouraging paragraph: The economy has taken its toll...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:36 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Evolution
I had intended to devote this post to Michael Ruse's latest column for HuffPo. It turns out, though, that first we need to consider this earlier column from Ruse. When I first started writing about evolution and creationism I took...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:15 PM • 62 Comments •
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