Evidence and Evolution was written by Elliott Sober, a philosopher of science who has worked on the notion of evidence, in the statistical meaning of the word. All chapters relate to papers that he has authored or co-authored over the past few years. Evidence and Evolution does not aim to demonstrate the validity of one evolution theory against another, but rather at validating statistical ways...

Will reading habit influence your life? Many say yes. Reading denying evolution creationism scientism and the nature of science is a good habit; you can develop this habit to be such interesting way. Yeah, reading habit will not only make you have any favourite activity. It will be one of guidance of your life. When reading has become a habit, you will not make it as disturbing activities or as...

I appreciate Mr. Edison’s kind words in his opening paragraph. I must note that, for good or ill, I am not a scientist. I am a student and teacher of the history and philosophy of science. I submit that in the course of his thoughtful letter Mr. Edison made several errors of definition. While seemingly trivial, these errors are the source of so much confusion in the discussions of evolution and...

This article reviews two standard criticisms of creationism/intelligent design (ID)): it is unfalsifiable, and it is refuted by the many imperfect adaptations found in nature. Problems with both criticisms are discussed. A conception of testability is described that avoids the defects in Karl Popper's falsifiability criterion. Although ID comes in multiple forms, which call for different critic...