Following a private memorial service on November 23, the Discovery Institute is pleased to host a brief public symposium in honor of the late Phillip E. Johnson — UC Berkeley law professor and Center for Science & Culture program advisor, who passed away earlier this month. You are … » Go
Editor’s note: Phillip E. Johnson, Berkeley law professor and author of Darwin on Trial and other books, died on November 2. In days to come, Evolution News will share remembrances from Fellows of Discovery Institute. John Mark Reynolds blogs at … » Go
Phillip Johnson, law professor emeritus of UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law, is widely recognized as the godfather of the contemporary intelligent design (ID) movement. As the author of several booksand numerous articles explaining scientific, legal, and cultural … » Go
Phillip E. Johnson is asked: ‘What do you consider to be the most significant problems with Darwinian theory?’ From “Darwinism”, Focus on Origins, and interview with Phillip E. Johnson at the University of California, … » Go
Phillip E. Johnson replies in Reason in the Balance to Nancey Murphy’s review of Darwin on Trial. “In her review of Darwin on Trial, Murphy faults me for failing to evaluate Darwinism on Lakatosian criteria. She concedes that it is difficult to determine whether a program is progressive … » Go
The new year 2073 is well begun, and the centenary of Roe vs. Wade is an appropriate time for Americans to think back on our narrow escape from the Biotech Century and its threat of remaking humanity itself. In a century that worshipped at the shrine of science, who would have thought that science … » Go
Publicity of “political correctness” (PC) on the nation’s campuses has alarmed many within and beyond academia. Attempts to silence students and faculty who defy campus ideological fashion have raised questions about the extent to which universities remain havens of free inquiry. Yet … » Go
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/dpep/interview.pl/16559901?sku=22674 1. How would you describe the main purpose of The Wedge of Truth in comparison to your other books? Each of my books builds upon the logic that was erected in my previous ones. My prior books argued that the real … » Go
I first met Phillip Johnson at a small Greek restaurant on Free School Lane next to the Old Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in the fall of 1987. The meeting had been arranged by a fellow graduate student who knew Phil from Berkeley. My friend had told me only that his friend was “a quirky but … » Go
