Phillip E. Johnson – Uncommon Descent

A friend writes to remind us of the anniversary of Phillip E. Johnson’s death

Question: What changes since then have made the most difference?

Phillip Johnson: Jun 18, 1940–Nov 2, 2019 (aged 79)

The father of intelligent design theory. Peacefully in his sleep. Updated.

Creationism Darwinism Intelligent Design Philosophy Science

Debating Darwin and Design: Science or Creationism? (1)

A couple of days ago I posted my opening statement to a formal online debate I’m currently engaged in with Christian neo-Darwinist Francis Smallwood at Musings Of A Scientific Nature. My opening statement can be found here, and his here. What follows are my opening thoughts on the question whether ID is ‘creationism in a Read More…

William J Murray CC, First, I want to tell you that I greatly appreciate the way you are engaging in this discussion. It's... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry There is an old saying Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM, Changing that worldview led to further thought experiments and ideas, which led to new experiments as innovations in technology... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus WJM, I will pick up just one point for now: >>Just because most people would find X behavior “shocking to... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM @855, All interesting questions, but not relevant AFAICT to what physicists do, which is run experiments on physical objects... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
William J Murray CC said: Umm, well, physicists have various views about that, but it doesn’t matter what they think ultimately underlies phenomena,... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: We experience the shared mental experience world directly, so it is not hypothetical. There is no "shared mental experience."... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Sandy William J MurrayMarch 8, 2021 at 4:20 am People think about things that exist as thoughts or mental images, memories... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
jerry You mean I can’t have 3.5 bags of sugar? Nope. A half bag is a different entity from a whole... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
William J Murray CC said: MRT posits a “hypothetical world” too, We experience the shared mental experience world directly, so it is not... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: Of course, most physicists continue to attempt to interpret the results of QM experimentation in a way that salvages... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen ET: People have seen the aliens, though. So either News is calling millions of people liars or News just hasn’t... – Could Earth be in quarantine from...
Concealed Citizen C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without eyes Differentiating between frequencies of electromagnetism is not "perceiving color." Color is a subjective... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
Concealed Citizen Jerry: The only numbers that exist in our universe are positive integers that enumerate individual entities. You mean I can't... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...
William J Murray People think about things that exist as thoughts or mental images, memories or mental experiences, and then use them as... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
martin_r Darwinists believe in miracles ... Darwinism = a miracle after a miracle after a miracle after a miracle ... C.elegans... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
Concealed Citizen WJM: What’s absurd here is that people are arguing that unless a hypothetical world exists that we have no capacity... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
Concealed Citizen WJM: If anyone wants to make a case that something “exists” outside of mind, it’s really simple. Point at something... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
kairosfocus Jerry, history always has particularities and debates. However the epochal state documents were there at key points, capturing where thought... – Should we recognise that "laws of...
anthropic Enjoyed until the mandatory nonsense about how CLIMATE CHANGE WILL KILL US ALL was injected at the end. Droughts are... – C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without...
kairosfocus F/N: The rotating vectors view removes the needless mystification. take some x on the horizontal axis, a vector runs from... – Sabine Hossenfelder asks, Do complex numbers...