Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Invited speakers included Michael Ruse (Philosophy, University of Guelph, author of Darwinism Defended), Alvin Plantinga (Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, author of Warrant and Proper Function), Frederick Grinnell (UT Southwestern Medical Center author of The Scientific Attitude, and Phillip Johnson (Law School, UC-Berkeley, author of Darwin on Trialand Reason in the Balance). The conference opened a fruitful dialogue between methodological naturalists and intelligent-design theorists.

• Conference Speakers and Sessions

• Abstracts for the 35 submitted papers.

• Conference Papers for 34 of the 35 submitted papers.*

• Final Report -- Representing my thoughts and reflections as one of the conference organizers.

*A version of Alvin Plantinga's talk is already in print:

Plantinga, Alvin. "Methodological Naturalism?" In: Facets of Faith and Science. Volume 1: Historiography and Modes of Interaction. pages 177-221. Jitse M. van der Meer, editor. The Pascal Centre for Advanced Studies in Faith and Science / University Press of America, Inc. Lanham.New York.London. 1996.

Those who are interested in Phillip Johnson and in recent work in intelligent design theory should visit the Access Research Network site.

For more information about this conference, see the Articles section of this site.