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J. Paul Leonard Library and Malcolm X Plaza at San Francisco State University

^{Stephen C. Meyer
December 6, 1993
Intelligent Design}

Scientific Correctness in San Francisco

_{Stephen C. Meyer
December 6, 1993
Intelligent Design}

When most of us think of the controversy over evolution in the public schools, we are likely to think of fundamentalists pulling teachers from their classrooms and placing them in the dock. Images from the infamous Scopes "monkey" trial of 1925 come to mind. Unfortunately, intolerance of this sort has shown itself in California in the 1990s as a result of students complaining about a biology instructor. Unlike the original Scopes case, however, this case involves a distinguished biology professor at a major university — indeed, an acknowledged expert on evolutionary theory. Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer, Michael Ruse and Foundation for Thought and Ethics
February 4, 1992
Intelligent Design}

Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference

_{Stephen C. Meyer, Michael Ruse and Foundation for Thought and Ethics
February 4, 1992
Intelligent Design}

A session from a 1992 symposium called Darwinism: Scientific Inference or Philosophical Preference, recorded by the Foundation for Thought and Ethics, featuring Michael Ruse and Stephen Meyer.

Group of teenagers and male teacher at classroom talking and discussing together

^{Foundation for Thought and Ethics, David K. DeWolf and Stephen C. Meyer
June 7, 1989
Intelligent Design}

Teaching the Controversy

_{Foundation for Thought and Ethics, David K. DeWolf and Stephen C. Meyer
June 7, 1989
Intelligent Design}

Public schools face a dilemma when they address the subject of biological origins. From the Scopes "Monkey Trial" (1925) to the Supreme Court's opinion in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987), the teaching of biological origins has put the public schools in the awkward role of resolving a controversy that divides scientists, educators, and the courts. While the experts debate the issues, and the media sometimes inflame the controversy, school boards, administrators, and teachers must still answer the question, What should we teach our students about how living organisms arose on earth? Read More ›