Darwin on Trial

by Johnson, Phillip E.; Behe, Michael J.

• ISBN13: 9780830838318
• ISBN10: 0830838317
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Ivp Books

Summary

Is evolution fact or fancy? Is natural selection an unsupported hypothesis or a confirmed mechanism of evolutionary change?These were the courageous questions that professor of law Phillip Johnson originally took up in 1991. His relentless pursuit to follow the evidence wherever it leads remains as relevant today as then.The facts and the logic of the arguments that purport to establish a theory of evolution based on Darwinian principles, says Johnson, continue to draw their strength from faith--faith in philosophical naturalism.In this edition Johnson responds to critics of the first edition and maintains that scientists have put the cart before the horse, regarding as scientific fact what really should be regarded as a yet unproved hypothesis. Also included is a new, extended introduction by noted biologist Michael Behe, who chronicles the ongoing relevance of Johnson's cogent analysis.

Author Biography

Phillip E. Johnson is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago Law School. He taught law for more than thirty years at the University of California at Berkeley where he is professor emeritus. For the last decade Johnson has also been at the forefront of the public debate over evolution and creation. He has taken his message to such places as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. His InterVarsity Press titles include Reason in the Balance, The Wedge of Truth, The Right Questions and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the 20th Anniversary Edition	p. 9
Preface to the Second Edition (1993)	p. 19
The Legal Setting	p. 21
Natural Selection	p. 34
Mutations Great and Small	p. 53
The Fossil Problem	p. 67
The Fact of Evolution	p. 86
The Vertebrate Sequence	p. 99
The Molecular Evidence	p. 113
Prebiological Evolution	p. 129
The Rules of Science	p. 141
Darwinist Religion	p. 154
Darwinist Education	p. 165
Science and Pseudoscience	p. 179
Epilogue: The Book and Its Critics	p. 190
Research Notes	p. 205
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