Robert T. Pennock

Robert T. Pennock
Robert T. Pennock
Nationality	American
Citizenship	American
Known for	Witness at Kitzmiller v. Dover
Awards	Outstanding Service Award (American Institute of Biological Sciences) Friend of Darwin Award (National Center for Science Education); Templeton Science & Religion Course Award and Templeton Prize for Exemplary Paper in Theology and the Natural Sciences (John Templeton Foundation); Election to the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Lifetime member of the National Research Council of the United States National Academy of Sciences;
	Scientific career
Fields	Philosophy of science, evolution, criticisms of creationism

Robert T. Pennock is a philosopher working on the Avida digital organism project at Michigan State University where he has been full professor since 2000. Pennock was a witness in the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District trial,^[1] testifying on behalf of the plaintiffs,^[2] and described how intelligent design is an updated form of creationism and not science,^[3] pointing out that the arguments were essentially the same as traditional creationist arguments with adjustments to the message to eliminate explicit mention of God and the Bible as well as adopting a postmodern deconstructionist language. Pennock also laid out the philosophical history of methodological and philosophical naturalism as they underpin to science, and explained that if intelligent design were truly embraced it would return Western civilization to a pre-Enlightenment state.^[4]

^ Lebo, L (2005-09-29). "Witness bashes intelligent design; A philosopher of science said the controversial idea rejects science". York Daily Record.^{[dead link]}
^ "No method to intelligent design, witness says". NBC News. 2005-11-28. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
^ "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District; Trial transcript: Day 3 (September 28), AM Session, Part 1". Talk.origins. 2005-09-28. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
^ Slack G (2008). The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. pp. 110–123. ISBN 978-0-470-37931-8.

[1] Lebo, L (2005-09-29). "Witness bashes intelligent design; A philosopher of science said the controversial idea rejects science". York Daily Record.^{[dead link]}

[2] "No method to intelligent design, witness says". NBC News. 2005-11-28. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

[3] "Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District; Trial transcript: Day 3 (September 28), AM Session, Part 1". Talk.origins. 2005-09-28. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

[4] Slack G (2008). The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. pp. 110–123. ISBN 978-0-470-37931-8.

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