Phillip Johnson

Law professor, Author

1940 –

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Who is Phillip Johnson?

Phillip E. Johnson is a retired UC Berkeley law professor and author. He became a born-again Christian while a tenured professor and is considered the father of the intelligent design movement. A critic of what he calls "Darwinism" and "scientific materialism," Johnson rejects evolution in favor of neo-creationist views known as intelligent design. He was a co-founder of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture and is credited with establishing the wedge strategy, which aims to change public opinion and scientific consensus, and seeks to convince the scientific community to allow a role for God in scientific theory. As a member of The Group for the Scientific Reappraisal of the HIV/AIDS Hypothesis, a prominent AIDS denialist group, Johnson has argued that HIV does not cause AIDS. The clear consensus of the scientific community considers Johnson's opinions on evolution and AIDS to be pseudoscience.

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Born
Jun 18, 1940
Aurora
Also known as
  • Phillip E. Johnson
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Chicago
  • Harvard University
  • University of Chicago Law School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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