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Elliott Sober Quotes

Deism claims that God creates the universe and the laws of nature and then is hands-off, with everything that subsequently happens in nature being due to natural processes Picture Quote #1

The big picture, I think, is that common ancestry is evidentially prior to natural selection in Darwin’s theory and in contemporary evolutionary biology as well Picture Quote #1

Some philosophical arguments (e.g., in connection with the mind/body problem) look pretty good, while others (e.g., those that criticize moral realism) do not Picture Quote #1

I disagree with those who argue that evolutionary biology and the existence of God are incompatible Picture Quote #1

I don’t endorse deism or interventionist theism. My point is just that evolutionary biology is logically compatible with the former and with some versions of the latter Picture Quote #1

Tiger is a natural kind and Tiger is a historical particular are incompatible with each other, and evolutionary biology provides a reason for favoring the latter over the former Picture Quote #1

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This is not to deny that there are versions of theism that do conflict with evolutionary biology. Young Earth Creationism is an example; it claims that God created life on earth within the past 10,000 to 50,000 years. But other types of theism are different Picture Quote #1

Philosophers of biology generally recognize that evolutionary fitness (roughly, an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment) is multiply realizable Picture Quote #1

In the history and literature courses I took, epistemological questions came to interest me most. What makes one explanation of the French Revolution better than another? What makes one interpretation of Waiting for Godot better than another? These questions led me to philosophy and then to philosophy of science Picture Quote #1

Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism Picture Quote #1

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Deism claims that God creates the universe and the laws of nature and then is hands-off, with everything that subsequently happens in nature being due to natural processes. (Elliott Sober Quotes) The big picture, I think, is that common ancestry is evidentially prior to natural selection in Darwin’s theory and in contemporary evolutionary biology as well. (Elliott Sober Quotes) Some philosophical arguments (e.g., in connection with the mind/body problem) look pretty good, while others (e.g., those that criticize moral realism) do not. (Elliott Sober Quotes) I disagree with those who argue that evolutionary biology and the existence of God are incompatible. (Elliott Sober Quotes) I don’t endorse deism or interventionist theism. My point is just that evolutionary biology is logically compatible with the former and with some versions of the latter. (Elliott Sober Quotes) Tiger is a natural kind and Tiger is a historical particular are incompatible with each other, and evolutionary biology provides a reason for favoring the latter over the former. (Elliott Sober Quotes) This is not to deny that there are versions of theism that do conflict with evolutionary biology. Young Earth Creationism is an example; it claims that God created life on earth within the past 10,000 to 50,000 years. But other types of theism are different. (Elliott Sober Quotes) Philosophers of biology generally recognize that evolutionary fitness (roughly, an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment) is multiply realizable. (Elliott Sober Quotes) In the history and literature courses I took, epistemological questions came to interest me most. What makes one explanation of the French Revolution better than another? What makes one interpretation of Waiting for Godot better than another? These questions led me to philosophy and then to philosophy of science. (Elliott Sober Quotes) Our own species evolved under the influence of group selection, as Darwin emphasized when he discussed the evolution of altruism. (Elliott Sober Quotes)