scumble on 14/3/2006 at 08:58

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A chinese lawnmower conspiracy? I would never have guessed...

mol on 14/3/2006 at 09:42

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I thought (http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/evos/evoslecture/) this was a very well presented and balanced take on ID versus the Evolutionary Theory. It takes some time to watch, but Professor Elliot Sober is a great presenter, and this web lecture was supremely interesting to watch and easy to follow.

He is not a proponent of ID, but gives it a fair treatment, and points out where the significant faults lie within ID.

(http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/evos/evoslecture/) Click here for the lecture page
(http://philosophy.wisc.edu/sober/) Elliott Sober's web page with (http://philosophy.wisc.edu/sober/papers.htm) a link to some of his papers.

I'm currently reading these papers, which expand upon and are more of an academic take on the topic in that lecture:
"The Design Argument". An expanded version of a paper first published in W. Mann, ed., The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Religion, 2004.
"Intelligent Design and Probability Reasoning." International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion, 2002, 52: 65-80.

The sound is pretty horrid when the introducer is speaking, but Professor Sober's on a mic and the sound is fine when he starts his lecture. I can really recommend this one for a non-heated presentation on these issues.

mol on 14/3/2006 at 12:02

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Hm. So they seem. They worked when I posted them, though, so maybe it's a temporary problem.

Well, the Sober links work, anyway.

EDIT: Links seem to be working again.

trevor the sheep on 14/3/2006 at 20:23

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Oof, nice one sir.