SPEAKER:
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Dr. Barbara Forrest
Professor of Philosophy
Southeastern Louisiana University
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TOPIC:
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Inside Creationism's Trojan Horse:
A Closer Look at Intelligent Design
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WHERE:
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Middle American Research Institute
(MARI)
4th Floor, Dinwiddie Hall
(Bldg. 3)
Tulane
University
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WHEN:
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Refreshments at 3:30PM
Presentation begins at 4:00 PM
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Barbara Forrest is co-author with Paul R. Gross of Creationism's
Trojan Horse: The Wedge of Intelligent Design (Oxford University Press,
2004, 2007). She earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at Tulane in 1988 and is professor
of philosophy at Southeastern Louisiana University. Her most recent article
about intelligent design is "Understanding
the Intelligent Design Creationist Movement: Its True Nature and Goals,"
(Center for Inquiry website, 2007). She was one of six expert witnesses
for the plaintiffs in the first lawsuit filed over intelligent design,
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District (2005), which
was decided for the plaintiffs in December of that year. Dr. Forrest is
also the 2006 co-recipient with cell biologist Kenneth R. Miller of the
Association for Cell Biology's Public Service Award. She serves on the Board
of Directors of the National Center for Science Education and the Board
of Trustees of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.
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Click Image to visit the website for the book
Creationism's Trojan Horse.
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Click Image to see a PDF file of Dr. Forrest's Expert Witness
Report in the Kitzmiller v. Dover trial.
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