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Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Johnson, Phillip E. |
| Copyright Year | 1997 |
| Abstract | hypothesis, they differ from the standard theistic evolutionist in that they do not see this happening by the unassisted processes prevalent in nature. Most would probably lean towards some type of 'progressive creation'. They do, however, form an important front of opposition to evolutionary naturalism, and in one sense a significant set of allies for Genesis creationists, if their work is kept in the appropriate perspective by these. 2. Naturally, I will be more motivated to track down the details of attacks on my work (and that of my immediate colleagues) than for every single critique by Ratzsch of creationists, but whenever I did do that, it did not inspire confidence in the 'honest broker' facade. 3. Circular arguments (tautologies) are generally weak, because they provide no independent evidence for the proposition. For example, 'The sky is blue. Why? Because blue is the colour of the sky.' This is blatantly circular, because the second part assumes the very point its trying to explain. But circular arguments are formally valid. The fact that circular reasoning is involved doesn't change the fact that the sky really is blue. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://creation.com/images/pdfs/tj/j12_1/j12_1_28-29.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
