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Jerry Coyne: Intellectual Dishonesty, Or … ?

This is not the first time I’ve had occasion to ask Jerry Coyne, which is it?  Is it culpable ignorance or is it intellectual dishonesty? In light of the accusation he makes of Alvin Plantinga, “Remarkably stupid remarks by a sophisticated theologian,” one is tempted to wonder whether another term fits Coyne even better, one he …

December 18, 2011 – 5:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, New Atheism | Tagged , , , | Comments (16)

Alvin Plantinga on Evolution vs. Naturalism

Alvin Plantinga, the prominent Notre Dame University philosopher, says that if you’re a believer in evolution, you have no warrant for believing in naturalism (atheism, roughly speaking). Here’s part of his argument, to whet your interest: Now what evolution tells us (supposing it tells us the truth) is that our behavior, (perhaps more exactly the …

August 13, 2008 – 7:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (94)