William A. Dembski: Difference between revisions

'''William Albert "Bill" Dembski''' (born July 18, 1960) is an American [[mathematician]], [[philosopher]] and [[theologian]]. He was a prominent proponent of [[intelligent design]] (ID) [[pseudoscience]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boudry |first1=Maarten |author-link1=Maarten Boudry |last2=Blancke |first2=Stefaan |last3=Braeckman |first3=Johan |author-link3=Johan Braeckman |date=December 2010 |title=Irreducible Incoherence and Intelligent Design: A Look into the Conceptual Toolbox of a Pseudoscience |journal=[[The Quarterly Review of Biology]] |volume=85 |issue=4 |pages=473–482 |doi=10.1086/656904 |pmid=21243965|url=https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/952482/file/6828579.pdf |hdl=1854/LU-952482 |s2cid=27218269 |hdl-access=free }} Article available from [https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/952482 Universiteit Gent]</ref> specifically the concept of [[specified complexity]], and was a senior fellow of the [[Discovery Institute]]'s [[Center for Science and Culture]] (CSC).<ref name="Dembski_SF">{{cite web |url=http://www.discovery.org/p/32 |title=William A. Dembski, Senior Fellow - CSC |website=[[Discovery Institute]] |publisher=Discovery Institute |location=Seattle, WA |access-date=January 10, 2014 |quote=A mathematician and philosopher, William A. Dembski is Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.}}</ref> On September 23, 2016 he officially retired from intelligent design, resigning all his "formal associations with the ID community, including [his] Discovery Institute fellowship of 20 years."<ref name="Official_Retirement">{{cite web |url=https://billdembski.com/personal/official-retirement-from-intelligent-design/ |title=Official Retirement from Intelligent Design |access-date=September 26, 2016}}</ref>