Uncommon Descent (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Steve Fuller offers his thoughts on the removal of Michael Reiss from his position at the Royal Society, and what it means for academic freedom. Fuller believes that the furore over Michael Reiss’s comments signifies a worrying trend that is bad for freedom to do science. He comments further on the Index for Freedom site [...]
Intelligent Design The Future (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
This episode of ID the Future features Casey Luskin's third and final interview with Dr. Steve Fuller , professor of sociology at University of Warwick. Here Fuller discusses his role as an expert witness in the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial, where he rebutted the claim that science is committed to naturalism. Fuller shares how his interest in intelligent design grew out of...
Intelligent Design The Future (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
On this episode of ID the Future , CSC’s Casey Luskin is again joined by University of Warwick sociologist Steve Fuller, the author of the recent book, Dissent Over Descent . Highlighting topics from his book, Fuller explains the nature and problem of a scientific consensus on controversial topics, argues that intelligent design is not anti-science (just anti-establishment), criticizes...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
For a most enlightening take on the Michael Reiss situation, listen to Casey Luskin's interview with Steve Fuller on ID the Future podcast: Click here to listen. On this episode of ID the Future, CSC’s Casey Luskin is joined by Dr. Steve Fuller, a professor of sociology at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Dr. Fuller shares his perspective on the recent...
Intelligent Design The Future (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
On this episode of ID the Future , CSC’s Casey Luskin is joined by Dr. Steve Fuller, a professor of sociology at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. Dr. Fuller shares his perspective on the recent forced resignation of the former Director of Education at the Royal Society, Michael Reiss. Reiss is an ordained Anglican Priest, has a doctorate in biology, is currently...
The Black Kettle (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
Posted by Logan Gage on Evolution News and Views: Those of you who read A.C. Grayling's arrogant and intellectually vacuous thrashing of Steve Fuller's new book, Dissent Over Descent: Evolution's 500-Year War on Intelligent Design, will want to know that Fuller now has a reply available at the New Humanist. Grayling's method is to simplify opponents' arguments to the point of...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | 14/09/2008
Those of you who read A.C. Grayling's arrogant and intellectually vacuous thrashing of Steve Fuller's new book, Dissent Over Descent: Evolution's 500-Year War on Intelligent Design, will want to know that Fuller now has a reply available at the New Humanist. Grayling's method is to simplify opponents' arguments to the point of misrepresenting them. Just as bad, Grayling's "review"...
Leiter Reports: A Group Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
This time it's A.C. Grayling's turn.
Philosophers Net (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Fuller seems to forget Popper's killer point, namely, a theory that explains everything explains nothing.
Darwiniana (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Panda’s Thumb takes on Steve Fuller: Fuller’s critique of science is difficult to put in context because it is part of a generation of science studies which haven’t made it into the public domain. Thus his views out of that context can sometimes seem odd. In fact, I am not a defender or critic of [...]
The Panda's Thumb (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Regular readers on this group may remember Steve Fuller whose contributions as an “expert witness” for the defense in the Kitzmiller law suit were quoted by the plaintiffs as well as the judge to show that ID was not science?Last year, Steve Fuller released a book titled “Science v. Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution” which was recently reviewed by...
Uncommon Descent (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
In the post below, where U Warwick sociologist Steve Fuller replies to the attempted hatchet job by third-rate Darwin hack Sahotra Sarkar, I think this point made by Fuller is especially critical: The overarching sense of scientific progress and its concomitant faith in greater explanatory unity and increased predictive control of nature over time: All of [...]
Post-Darwinist (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
I see where Steve Fuller has now posted his response to science historian Sahotra Sarkar (see Darwinism: Sociologist's book on ID controversy denounced by three-star Darwin bore (August 13, 2008): The book of mine that Sarkar reviewed is entitled ‘Science vs Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution’. This simple point is worth bearing in mind, since Sarkar seems to have...
Stranger Fruit (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
A few days back I noted Sahotra Sarkar's review of Steve Fuller's latest ejaculation. John Wilkins brings to my attention that Fuller has finally shown his true colors and joined the madhouse that is Uncommon Descent with a post attempting to deflect Sarkar's piece. It's amazing how individuals who claim to be dispassionate observers of ID eventually reveal their true colors and...
Evolution News & Views (Free subscription) | yesterday
At ID The Future there have been a number of interesting interviews recently broadcast with a wide variety of scientists, scholars, and educators who have their doubts about Darwinian evolution. University of Warwick sociologist Steve Fuller, the author of the recent book, Dissent Over Descent discusses topics from his book and explains the nature and problem of a scientific consensus...
