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Commentary on the Endless Dispute Between Evolution and Creationism
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: Philosophy
Jerry Coyne has posted his thoughts on the subject of methodological naturalism. Here's a sample: I am a methodological naturalist, but I don't think that all supernatural claims defy scientific analysis. Moreover, I don't see that the methodological/philosophical distinction has...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:07 PM • 28 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
In his book Indiscrete Thoughts, mathematician Gian-Carlo Rota spoofed a certain style of book reviewing: The bane of expository work is Professor Neanderthal of Redwood Poly. In his time, Professor Neanderthal studied noncommutative ring theory with the great X, and...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:26 PM • 78 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
If I say that X has probability p, what does that mean? What sort of thing is X, and what does the number p represent? Philosophers have spilled a lot of ink on this question, with no clear answer emerging....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:01 PM • 22 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
Okay, I'm back. Prison Break seems to be off to a rip-roaring, if extremely implausible, start. Guess I'll keep watching. I've followed it for this long, I suppose I should hang around to find out what happens to these guys....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:35 PM • 39 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
While I am laying down the law regarding the proper usage of controversial words, allow me to express a few thoughts about spirituality. P.Z. Myers gave this post, in which he comments on the awarding of the Templeton Prize, the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:11 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
Larry Moran has weighed in on the question, raised in yesterday's post, about whether it is fair to criticize Richard Dawkins for lacking the theological and philosophical chops to discuss the topics raised in The God Delusion. I especially like...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:06 PM • 94 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
In the comments to yesterday's post Josh Rosenau has left a lengthy response to my criticisms. I have now left an equally length reply to that response. Just wanted to let you know it was there, in case you are...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 12:54 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
Since I have the sad task of criticizing my fellow science bloggers today, we may as well have a look at this post, from John Lynch. He is responding to this post from P. Z. Myers, which discussed this review...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:05 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
Raymond Smullyan is name that is probably familiar to a lot of readers of this blog. In addition to being a mathematician and philosopher, he is known for being a master of using brainteasers and other puzzles to illuminate sometimes...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:25 PM • 22 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
Thanks to alejandro for directing me to his own take on Dembski's theodicy, discussed in the previous post. You can find his thoughts here. I liked his summary of the problem of evil: This article discusses that old chestnut, the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:03 PM • 20 Comments • 12 TrackBacks
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