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Title: Denying Evolution: Creationism, Scientism, and the Nature of Science by Massimo Pigliucci ISBN: 0-87893-659-9 Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc. Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: good book, but what is it about?
Comment: I have to give this book a less than perfect rating because I'm not quite sure what was the purpose of the book. I bought the book, thinking it was a manual on arguing with Creationists, but then I found a disclaimer clause in the book stating that it was not.
"What good is half an eye?" Creationists ask us this question over and over, and I would like to answer it. Pigliucci only gives us is a reference to a journal article on this question.
How can we answer the numerous arguments in "Darwin's Black Box" by Michael Behe? Pigliucci provides some rebuttal, but not much. Rather, he tosses off this responsibility by referring us to the talkorigins Website. I appreciate the references, but I had hoped to do all my shopping in one stop.
And how about another tough challenger--"Icons of Evolution" by Jonathan Wells? He spends a few pages on this book, but not enough. He uses technical terms which he doesn't define, and he hastily presents arguments without clearly spelling out each premise.
Is this book a history of the Creationist-Evolutionist dispute? It seems that way somewhat, but it doesn't stick to that subject either.
But it's an interesting book, and a very informative book. That's why I give it an almost perfect rating.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well written but a little dogmatic
Comment: Massimo's book is very well written (considering he is from Italy) and his arguments are of the highest caliber. I know Massimo and must say that he is a little dogmatic for an atheist. His arguments are well thought out but still do little to cast doubt in most believer's minds. Massimo may come to be one of the best humanistic debaters of our time. In person, he will claim that he has no positive proof that God doesn't exist. He will say that *he* need not believe in God becasue *he* doesn't see proof. He will usually even admit that Theists are well within their epistemic rights in believing in God. However, he will then write a book such as this that seems to counter that. He seems a little dogmatic with his atheism on paper (not that theists aren't). Why doesn't he shut up and let people believe? Because as Theists we bother him with our arguements constantly!
This book is a great insight to how one of the smartest men in the evolutionary field debates the existence of God and the denial of evolution. Massimo has debated big name apologists such as William Lane Craig and spoken at several universities and schools. If you want a great place to examine or even critique some of the best atheistic arguments out there, this is the place.
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Title: Tales of the Rational : Skeptical Essays About Nature and Science by Massimo Pigliucci ISBN: 1887392114 Publisher: Atlanta Freethought Society Pub. Date: 12 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science by Taner Edis ISBN: 1573929778 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Science and Religion: Are They Compatible? by Paul Kurtz, Barry Karr, Ranjit Sandhu ISBN: 1591020646 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Freedom Evolves by Daniel Clement Dennett ISBN: 0670031860 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Has Science Found God? The Latest Results in the Search for Purpose in the Universe by Victor J. Stenger ISBN: 1591020182 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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