Provine, William B.
Johnson, Phillip E., 1940-
Jackson, Timothy.
Marca, Paul.
Stanford Instructional Television Network.
Access Research Network.
Debate before an audience between two professors on the naturalistic vs. the theistic way of understanding human existence. William Provine, Professor of Evolutionary Biology at Cornell University, cites evidence supporting neo-Darwinian theory and argues that microevolutionary processes account for the origin of all life. He asserts that modern evolutional theory is incompatible with belief in God; that there are no absolute moral and ethical laws; that free will does not exist; and that human character is merely a result of heredity and environment. Phillip Johnson, Professor of Law at the University of California in Berkeley, agrees that modern neo-Darwinian theory is atheistic and scientific; however, as a general theory it is a philosophical dogma that is inconsistent with the evidence. Provine and Johnson debate basic questions: Do we owe our existence to a creator? Can the blind watchmaker of natural selection take the place of God? Moderator is Timothy Jackson, Dept. of Religious Studies, Stanford University.
Colorado Springs, CO : Access Research Network, c1994.
Darwinism [videorecording] : science or naturalistic philosophy : the debate at Stanford University
Darwinism science or naturalistic philosophy : the debate at Stanford University
Darwinism science or naturalistic philosophy : the debate at Stanford University
Provine-Johnson debate
Science or naturalistic philosophy?