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Date March 22, 2017
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Just the Facts? Michael Flannery on Charles Darwin and Materialism
Michael Flannery
March 22, 2017
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Episode 998
Guest(s) Michael Flannery
Duration 00:22:19 Download Audio File (20.4 mb)
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On this episode of ID the Future , Brian Miller interviews Michael Flannery on how Darwin’s background conditioned him to materialism, and how this influence impacted his development of the theory of evolution. Listen in to learn more about Darwin’s experiences at the University of Edinburgh with the Plinian Society, and his interaction with prominent atheists Aveling and Büchner near the end of his life.
Michael Flannery Professor Emeritus of UAB Libraries , University of Alabama at BirminghamMichael A. Flannery is professor emeritus of UAB Libraries, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Much of his recent scholarship has focused on the ideas and legacy of the co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913). Flannery’s books about Wallace include Nature’s Prophet: Alfred Russel Wallace and His Evolution from Natural Selection to Natural Theology Alfred Russel Wallace’s Theory of Intelligent Evolution: How Wallace’s World of Life Challenged Darwinism (Erasmus Press, 2008), and Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life “Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution and Natural Theology” (Religions , 2020). Flannery discusses the intellectual legacy of Wallace in the documentary Darwin’s Heretic . Flannery holds degrees in library science from the University of Kentucky and history from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He has written and taught extensively on the history of medicine and science.
