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Charles Darwin

What is it like to be a bat bug? Two errors of anthropopathism

October 23, 2012 by Randal

This article takes up the discussion of natural evil from “Bat Bugs? Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” In 1974 philosopher Thomas Nagel published a paper in Philosophical Review titled “What is it like to be a bat?” which became a classic of modern philosophy of mind. In the paper Nagel argues that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: anthropopathism, Charles Darwin, natural evil, Richard Dawkins, theodicy

Darwin was wrong (and why intelligent design theorists are not necessarily happy about the fact)

October 20, 2012 by Randal

Yes, Darwin was wrong. In a quote much beloved of intelligent design theorists Darwin famously declared: “If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would break down.” This quote appears in Michael Behe’s Darwin’s Black Box (Touchstone, 1998), 39. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, irreducible complexity, Michael Behe

Isn’t it time to make peace with Darwin?

August 24, 2011 by Randal

Another vintage 2009 post from my CP days, this one focuses on the overdue need for reconciliation between Darwin and evangelicals. Content-wise it seems especially apposite as the fall semester at university is about to begin. I develop these thoughts further in a chapter from my book You’re not as Crazy as I Think (Biblica, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, evolution

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