Darwin and the discovery of evolution

February 4, 2009 by Keith Lockitch

I’ll be speaking on Darwin and evolution at four college campuses next week. I’m looking forward to meeting the students and hearing their comments and questions about this important scientist and the discoveries he made.

We’ve timed the speaking tour to culminate on Darwin’s 200th birthday:

  • On February 9, I’ll be at the University of Texas, Austin.
  • On February 10, I’ll be at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
  • On February 11, I’ll be at the University of Georgia, Athens.
  • On February 12, I’ll be at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

If you’re local, come check it out!

Here is the talk description:

The theory of evolution is often disparaged by its opponents as being “just a theory”–i.e., a speculative hypothesis with little basis in hard, scientific facts. But this claim carries with it the implied accusation that Charles Darwin was “just a theorist”–i.e., that he was merely an armchair scientist and that his life’s work was nothing more than an exercise in arbitrary speculation. A look at Darwin’s pioneering discoveries, however, reveals the grave injustice of this accusation. Darwin was not “just a theorist” and evolution is not “just a theory.” In this talk, celebrating the Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s masterpiece On the Origin of Species, Dr. Lockitch explores Darwin’s life and work, focusing on the steps by which he came to discover and prove the theory of evolution by natural selection.

More information on the ARC website. (Registered users can watch a video of the talk. I also have an article based on the talk in The Objective Standard.)