Darwin on Trial is a controversial 1991 book by the University of California, Berkeley law professor Phillip E. Johnson. A neo-creationist polemic, Darwin on Trial is considered to be part of the central canon of the intelligent design movement, of which Johnson is considered "the father." Eugenie Scott wrote that the book "teaches little that is accurate about either the nature of science, or the topic of evolution. It is recommended neither by ...
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Darwin on Trial is a controversial 1991 book by the University of California, Berkeley law professor Phillip E. Johnson. A neo-creationist polemic, Darwin on Trial is considered to be part of the central canon of the intelligent design movement, of which Johnson is considered "the father." Eugenie Scott wrote that the book "teaches little that is accurate about either the nature of science, or the topic of evolution. It is recommended neither by scientists nor educators."
Johnson, an evangelical Christian and self-described "academic lawyer with a speciality in analyzing the logic of arguments and identifying the assumptions that lie behind those arguments," had come to believe that the scientific theory of evolution was based on materialistic assumptions and empty rhetoric. Johnson states that in Darwin on Trial, he evaluates the evidence for evolution by natural selection using legal principles for assessing its probative value, and examines what he sees as the philosophical...
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