Tag Archives: Philosophy of science

Richard Dawkins ignored me – no surprise there! & the perils of Fundamentalist Atheist loonies

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

OK, I have removed this post as the debate on Science and Religion is back on.  🙂 cj x

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The Battle of Jutland as Applied Philosophy

Posted on March 21, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

Let’s imagine this as a scene from one of those 1940’s British war films about heroic Brits with stiff upper lips giving Johnny-Hun what-for… in this film produced by the Ministry of War we see the final triumph of British Empiricism over Continental Rationalism (two philosophical ‘movements’ if you like) , at the Battle of Jutland as it should have been… Continue reading →

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Debunking A Modern Myth: the Conflict of Religion & Science – Part Two

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

Sir James Frazer in his monumental work The Golden Bough managed to pollute the intellectual atmosphere of the world in a way few have rivaled; he did to history what Henry Ford did to our lungs. Within months of Frazer publishing his work was torn apart by serious anthropologists, but it was popular, and went through edition after edition Continue reading →

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Debunking A Modern Myth: the Conflict of Religion & Science – Part One

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

A Word of Explanation On Christmas Eve 2008 having reached 7,000 posts on Professor Richard Dawkin’s forum I publicly issued the Professor with a challenge to a debate on Religion & Science. My contention was that the supposed conflict between … Continue reading →

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Darwinism Demolition Derby!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Chris Jensen Romer

In honour of Darwin 150, and those great men of Science the Young Earth Creationists – those who believe the world was created just a few thousand years agio in seven literal days by God – I thought it was the duty of an Evolutionist like me to join them this year in attempting to rip Evolutionary theory to shreds. 🙂 This is not a game for Creationist types – it’s actually for the rest of us to set about trying to falsify the current Evolutionary hypothesis, which we hold true. After all, as Popper pointed out, falsification is the heart of the scientific method? So let’s try and falsify Darwin! Continue reading →

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