Episodios

  • Rob Sawyer, Calculating God

    Rob Sawyer, Calculating God
    Jun 13 2008
    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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    25 m
  • Geoff Simmons, Darwinism, ID & Medicine

    Geoff Simmons, Darwinism, ID & Medicine
    Jun 13 2008
    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 his practice as a doctor.
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    28 m
  • Denyse O'Leary, ID & The Media

    Denyse O'Leary, ID & The Media
    Jun 13 2008
    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 perspective
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    23 m
  • John Davison, The Price of Dissent

    John Davison, The Price of Dissent
    Jun 13 2008
    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 Davison seems to attract critics from both sides of the fence but does have some interesting ideas.
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    30 m
  • Steve Fuller, ID & Social Epistemology

    Steve Fuller, ID & Social Epistemology
    Jun 13 2008
    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 is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, England. Originally trained in history and philosophy of science, he is best known for the research programme of 'social epistemology', which is the title of a journal he founded in 1987 and the first of his dozen books. His most recent books relevant to the interview are Science vs. Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution (Polity, 2007) and The Knowledge Book: Key Concepts in Philosophy, Science and Culture (Acumen and McGill-Queens University Press, 2007).
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    19 m
  • Donald McConnell, Intelligent Design, Creationism and The Law

    Donald McConnell, Intelligent Design, Creationism and The Law
    Jun 13 2008
    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 the firm of Harbin & Frost. previously he was with Baker, Hostetler, McCutchen, Black, where he practiced personal injury defense and commercial shipping litigation, including representation of Underwriters of Lloyds of London defending their insured companies and vessels. Professor McConnell has taught at Trinity Law School since 1988. He is a past recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award. Professor McConnell teaches Legal Institutions and Values.
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    35 m
  • Henry Schaefer, Science and Religion

    Henry Schaefer, Science and Religion
    Jun 13 2008
    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 science from Dr Schaefer's perspective.
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    15 m
  • Massimo Pigliucci, Evolutionary Epistemology and ID

    Massimo Pigliucci, Evolutionary Epistemology and ID
    Jun 13 2008
    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 research is on questions of nature vs. nurture and on the conceptual issues in evolutionary theory.He received a Doctorate in Genetics from the University of Ferrara in Italy, a PhD in Botany from the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee. He has published more than 75 technical papers and several books on evolutionary biology. His most recent technical book is Making Sense of Evolution: Toward a Coherent Picture of Evolutionary Theory. Prof. Pigliucci has been awarded the prestigious Dobzhansky Prize from the Society for the Study of Evolution.In 2004 he has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement ofScience for fundamental studies of genotype by environmental interactions and for public defense of evolutionary biology from pseudoscientific attack.
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    29 m