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'''David Berlinski''' (born 1942) is an American philosopher, educator, and author. Berlinski is a senior fellow of the [[Discovery Institute]]'s [[Center for Science and Culture]], the hub of the [[intelligent design movement]]. A critic of the [[Evolution|theory of evolution]], Berlinski is theologically [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] and refuses to theorize about the [[Abiogenesis|origins of life]].<ref name="Engber">{{cite journal |last=Engber |first=Daniel |date=April 15 2008 |title=A Crank's Progress |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2189178/entry/2189179/ |journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |series=The Paranoid Style in American Science |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[Graham Holdings Company|The Washington Post Company]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420082802/http://www.slate.com/id/2189178/entry/2189179/ |archivedate=2008-04-20 |accessdate=2014-01-10}}</ref> He has written on [[philosophy]], mathematics and a variety of fictional works. His daughter, [[Claire Berlinski]], is a well known journalist.
'''David Berlinski''' (born 1942) is an American philosopher, educator, and author. Berlinski is a senior fellow of the [[Discovery Institute]]'s [[Center for Science and Culture]]. A critic of the [[Evolution|theory of evolution]], Berlinski is theologically [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] and refuses to theorize about the [[Abiogenesis|origins of life]].<ref name="Engber">{{cite journal |last=Engber |first=Daniel |date=April 15 2008 |title=A Crank's Progress |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2189178/entry/2189179/ |journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |series=The Paranoid Style in American Science |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[Graham Holdings Company|The Washington Post Company]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420082802/http://www.slate.com/id/2189178/entry/2189179/ |archivedate=2008-04-20 |accessdate=2014-01-10}}</ref> He has written on [[philosophy]], [[mathematics]] and a variety of fictional works. His daughter, [[Claire Berlinski]], is a well known journalist.


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Berlinski was born in the United States in 1942 to German-born [[Jews|Jewish]] [[refugees]] who had immigrated to [[New York City]] after escaping from [[France]] as the [[Vichy France|Vichy government]] was [[Collaboration during World War II|collaborating]] with the [[Nazi Germany|Germans]]. His father was [[Herman Berlinski]], the noted American [[composer]], [[organist]], [[pianist]], [[Musicology|musicologist]] and [[choir]] [[Conducting|conductor]], and his mother was Sina Berlinski (née Goldfein), an American pianist, [[Piano pedagogy|piano teacher]] and [[Vocal coach|voice coach]]. Both were born and raised in [[Leipzig]] where they studied at the [[University of Music and Theatre Leipzig|Conservatory]], before fleeing to [[Paris]] where they were married and undertook further studies. [[German language|German]] was David Berlinski's first spoken language. He received his [[Ph.D.]] in philosophy from [[Princeton University]].<ref name="Berlinski1968">Berlinksi, David, ''<!--[http://wwwlib.umi.com/dxweb/details?doc_no=3329591--> The Well-tempered Wittgenstein<!--]-->'', Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 1968,</ref>
Berlinski was born in the United States in 1942 to German-born [[Jews|Jewish]] [[refugee]]s who had immigrated to [[New York City]] after escaping from [[France]] as the [[Vichy France|Vichy government]] was [[Collaboration with the Axis Powers during World War II|collaborating]] with the [[Nazi Germany|Germans]]. His father was [[Herman Berlinski]], the noted American [[composer]], [[organist]], [[pianist]], [[Musicology|musicologist]] and [[choir]] [[Conducting|conductor]], and his mother was Sina Berlinski (née Goldfein), an American pianist, [[Piano pedagogy|piano teacher]] and [[Vocal coach|voice coach]]. Both were born and raised in [[Leipzig]] where they studied at the [[University of Music and Theatre Leipzig|Conservatory]], before fleeing to [[Paris]] where they were married and undertook further studies. [[German language|German]] was David Berlinski's first spoken language. He received his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in philosophy from [[Princeton University]].<ref>[[#Berlinski 1968|Berlinski 1968]]</ref>


== Academic career ==
== Academic career ==
Berlinski was a research assistant in [[molecular biology]] at [[Columbia University]],<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Berlinski | first1 = David | year = 1972 | title = Philosophical Aspects of Molecular Biology | jstor = 2024776 | journal = The Journal of Philosophy | volume = 69 | issue = 12 | pages = 319–335}}</ref> and was a research fellow at the [[International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis]] (IIASA) in [[Austria]] and the [[Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques]] (IHES) in [[France]]. He has taught philosophy, mathematics, and English at [[Stanford]], [[Rutgers]], the [[City University of New York]], the [[University of Washington]], the [[University of Puget Sound]], [[San Jose State University]], the [[University of Santa Clara]], the [[University of San Francisco]], [[San Francisco State University]], and taught mathematics at the [[Université de Paris]].{{Clarify|date=November 2009}}<!-- no longer exists & unclear which of the successor institutions Berlinski taught at --> <ref name="DIBiography">{{cite news | url=http://www.discovery.org/p/51| title=David Berlinski, CSC Fellow |publisher=[[Discovery Institute]] | year=2009 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-10-15}}</ref>{{Better source|date=November 2009}}
Berlinski was a research assistant in [[molecular biology]] at [[Columbia University]],<ref>[[#Berlinski 1972|Berlinski 1972]]</ref> and was a research fellow at the [[International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis]] (IIASA) in [[Austria]] and the [[Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques]] (IHES) in [[France]]. He has taught philosophy, mathematics, and English at [[Stanford University]], [[Rutgers University]], [[City University of New York|The City University of New York]], the [[University of Washington]], the [[University of Puget Sound]], [[San Jose State University]], the [[Santa Clara University|University of Santa Clara]], the [[University of San Francisco]], [[San Francisco State University]], and taught mathematics at the [[University of Paris|Université de Paris]].{{Clarify|date=November 2009}}<!-- no longer exists & unclear which of the successor institutions Berlinski taught at --> <ref name="DIBiography">{{cite web |url=http://www.discovery.org/p/51| title=David Berlinski, Senior Fellow - CSC |website=[[Discovery Institute]] |publisher=Discovery Institute |location=Seattle, WA |accessdate=2009-10-15}}</ref>{{Better source|date=November 2009}} <ref>[[#Phy-Olsen 2010|Phy-Olsen 2010]], [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkXbY6_X90YC&pg=PA73#v=onepage&q&f=false p. 73]</ref>
<ref>{{cite book|last=Phy-Olsen|first=Alene|title=Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design|year=2010|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-37841-6|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WkXbY6_X90YC&pg=PA73&dq=Berlinski+was+a+postdoctoral+fellow+in+mathematics#v=onepage&q=Berlinski%20was%20a%20postdoctoral%20fellow%20in%20mathematics&f=false|page=73}}</ref>


==Author==
==Author==


===Mathematics and biology===
===Mathematics and biology===
Berlinski has written works on [[systems analysis]], the history of [[differential topology]], [[analytic philosophy]], and the [[philosophy of mathematics]]. Berlinski has authored books for the general public on [[mathematics]] and the [[history of mathematics]]. These include ''A Tour of the Calculus'' (1997) on [[calculus]], ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' (2000) on [[algorithm]]s, ''Newton's Gift'' (2000) on [[Isaac Newton]], and ''Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics'' (2005). Another book, ''The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky'' (2003), compares [[astrology|astrological]] and evolutionary{{disputed-inline|date=May 2011}}<!-- there is little indication of more than a passing mention of evolution in this book --> accounts of human behavior.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} In ''Black Mischief'', Berlinski wrote “Our paper became a monograph. When we had completed the details, we rewrote everything so that no one could tell how we came upon our ideas or why. This is the standard in mathematics.”<ref name="mischief">{{Cite book
Berlinski has written works on [[systems analysis]], the history of [[differential topology]], [[analytic philosophy]], and the [[philosophy of mathematics]]. Berlinski has authored books for the general public on mathematics and the [[history of mathematics]]. These include ''A Tour of the Calculus'' (1995) on [[calculus]], ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' (2000) on [[algorithm]]s, ''Newton's Gift'' (2000) on [[Isaac Newton]], and ''Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics'' (2005). Another book, ''The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky'' (2003), compares [[astrology|astrological]] and evolutionary{{disputed-inline|date=May 2011}}<!-- there is little indication of more than a passing mention of evolution in this book --> accounts of human behavior.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} In ''Black Mischief'', Berlinski wrote "Our paper became a monograph. When we had completed the details, we rewrote everything so that no one could tell how we came upon our ideas or why. This is the standard in mathematics."<ref>[[#Berlinski 1988|Berlinski 1988]]</ref>{{better source|date=May 2011}}
| last = Berlinski
| first = David
| title = Black Mischief: Language, Life, Logic, Luck
| publisher = Mariner Books
| date = October 31, 1988
| isbn = 0-15-613063-7}}</ref>{{better source|date=May 2011}}


Berlinski's books have received mixed reviews; ''Newton's Gift'' and ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' were criticized by [[MathSciNet]] for containing historical and mathematical inaccuracies<ref>http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publdoc.html?arg3=&co4=AND&co5=AND&co6=AND&co7=AND&dr=all&pg4=AUCN&pg5=TI&pg6=PC&pg7=ALLF&pg8=ET&review_format=html&s4=Berlinski&s5=&s6=&s7=&s8=All&vfpref=html&yearRangeFirst=&yearRangeSecond=&yrop=eq&r=1&mx-pid=1815707</ref><ref>http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publdoc.html?arg3=&co4=AND&co5=AND&co6=AND&co7=AND&dr=all&pg4=AUCN&pg5=TI&pg6=PC&pg7=ALLF&pg8=ET&review_format=html&s4=Berlinski&s5=&s6=&s7=&s8=All&vfpref=html&yearRangeFirst=&yearRangeSecond=&yrop=eq&r=2&mx-pid=1766416</ref> while the [[Mathematical Association of America]] review of ''A Tour of the Calculus'' recommended that professors have students read the book to appreciate the overarching historical and philosophical picture of calculus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/reviews/tour_of_calculus.html |title=Read This! The MAA Online book review column |first=Fernando |last=Gouvêa |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |accessdate=February 10, 2011 }}</ref>
Berlinski's books have received mixed reviews; ''Newton's Gift'' and ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' were criticized by [[MathSciNet]] for containing historical and mathematical inaccuracies<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publdoc.html?arg3=&co4=AND&co5=AND&co6=AND&co7=AND&dr=all&pg4=AUCN&pg5=TI&pg6=PC&pg7=ALLF&pg8=ET&review_format=html&s4=Berlinski&s5=&s6=&s7=&s8=All&vfpref=html&yearRangeFirst=&yearRangeSecond=&yrop=eq&r=1&mx-pid=1815707 |title=MR: Search Publications database |website=[[Mathematical Reviews|MathSciNet]] |publisher=[[American Mathematical Society]] |location=Providence, RI}} Database search for MR1815707: ''Newton's Gift'' by Berlinski. Subscription required.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/publdoc.html?arg3=&co4=AND&co5=AND&co6=AND&co7=AND&dr=all&pg4=AUCN&pg5=TI&pg6=PC&pg7=ALLF&pg8=ET&review_format=html&s4=Berlinski&s5=&s6=&s7=&s8=All&vfpref=html&yearRangeFirst=&yearRangeSecond=&yrop=eq&r=2&mx-pid=1766416 |title=MR: Search Publications database |website=MathSciNet |publisher=American Mathematical Society |location=Providence, RI}} Database search for MR1766416: ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' by Berlinski. Subscription required.</ref> while the [[Mathematical Association of America]] review of ''A Tour of the Calculus'' recommended that professors have students read the book to appreciate the overarching historical and philosophical picture of calculus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maa.org/publications/maa-reviews/a-tour-of-the-calculus |title=A Tour of the Calculus |last=Gouvêa |first=Fernando Q. |date=January 1, 1996 |website=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |location=Washington, D.C. |type=Book review |accessdate=2014-01-17}}</ref>


====Collaborations====
====Collaborations====
Berlinski, along with fellow Discovery Institute associates [[Michael Behe]] and [[William A. Dembski]], tutored [[Ann Coulter]] on science and evolution for her book ''[[Godless: The Church of Liberalism]]''.<ref name="science_background">Coulter, Ann, ''Godless: The Church of Liberalism''.</ref> From the book jacket: "I couldn't have written about evolution without the generous tutoring of Michael Behe, David Berlinski, and William Dembski, all of whom are fabulous at translating complex ideas, unlike liberal arts types, who constantly force me to the dictionary to relearn the meaning of quotidian."
Berlinski, along with fellow Discovery Institute associates [[Michael Behe]] and [[William A. Dembski]], tutored [[Ann Coulter]] on science and evolution for her book ''[[Godless: The Church of Liberalism]]''.<ref>[[#Coulter 2007|Coulter 2007]], p. 319: "I couldn't have written about evolution without the generous tutoring of Michael Behe, David Berlinski, and William Dembski, all of whom are fabulous at translating complex ideas, unlike liberal arts types, who constantly force me to the dictionary to relearn the meaning of ''quotidian''."</ref>


Berlinski was a longtime friend of the late [[Marcel-Paul Schützenberger]] (1920–1996), with whom he collaborated on an unfinished and unpublished mathematically-based manuscript that he described as being "devoted to the Darwinian theory of evolution."<ref name="WilfEtAl1996">Wilf, Herbert ''et al.'', "[http://combinatorics.math.upenn.edu/Volume_3/Html/v3i1f1.html In Memoriam: Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, 1920-1996]," ''Electronic Journal of Combinatorics'', served from University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Mathematics Server, article dated 12 October 1996, retrieved from WWW on 4 November 2006.</ref>{{importance-inline}}<!-- Is an "unfinished and unpublished" collaboration, lacking any third-party mention, noteworthy? --> Berlinski dedicated ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' to Schutzenberger.
Berlinski was a longtime friend of the late [[Marcel-Paul Schützenberger]] (1920–1996), with whom he collaborated on an unfinished and unpublished mathematically-based manuscript that he described as being "devoted to the Darwinian theory of evolution."<ref name="WilfEtAl1996">{{cite journal |last=Wilf |first=Herbert S. |authorlink=Herbert Wilf |year=1996 |title=Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (1920-1996) |url=http://www.combinatorics.org/ojs/index.php/eljc/article/view/v3i1f1/html |journal=[[Electronic Journal of Combinatorics]] |location=Philadelphia, PA |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |volume=3 |issue=1 |issn=1077-8926 |accessdate=2014-01-17}} Synopsis: "A memorial page for Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, with contributions from Herbert Wilf, Dominique Foata, David Berlinski, Dominique Perrin, Richard Askey and Moshé Flato."</ref> Berlinski dedicated ''The Advent of the Algorithm'' to Schützenberger.


===Fiction===
===Fiction===
He is the author of several detective novels starring private investigator Aaron Asherfeld: ''Less Than Meets the Eye'', ''The Body Shop'' and ''A Clean Sweep'', and a number of shorter works of fiction and non-fiction.
He is the author of several detective novels starring private investigator Aaron Asherfeld: ''A Clean Sweep'' (1993), ''Less Than Meets the Eye'' (1994) and ''The Body Shop'' (1996), and a number of shorter works of fiction and non-fiction.


== Evolution ==
== Evolution ==
A critic of [[evolution]], Berlinski is a Senior Fellow of the [[Discovery Institute|Discovery Institute's]] [[Center for Science and Culture]], a Seattle-based think-tank that is a hub of the [[intelligent design movement]]. Berlinski shares the movement's disbelief in the evidence for evolution, but does not openly avow [[intelligent design]] and describes his relationship with the idea as: "warm but distant. It's the same attitude that I display in public toward my ex-wives."<ref name="Engber" /> Berlinski is a scathing critic of evolution, yet, "Unlike his colleagues at the Discovery Institute,...[he] refuses to theorize about the origin of life."<ref name="Engber" />
A critic of [[evolution]], Berlinski is a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, a Seattle-based [[think tank]] that is a hub of the [[intelligent design movement]]. Berlinski shares the movement's disbelief in the evidence for evolution, but does not openly avow [[intelligent design]] and describes his relationship with the idea as: "warm but distant. It's the same attitude that I display in public toward my ex-wives."<ref name="Engber" /> Berlinski is a scathing critic of evolution, yet, "Unlike his colleagues at the Discovery Institute,...[he] refuses to theorize about the origin of life."<ref name="Engber" />


Berlinski appeared in the 2008 film [[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]], in which he told interviewer [[Ben Stein]] that
Berlinski appeared in the 2008 film ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'', in which he told interviewer [[Ben Stein]] that
"Darwinism is not a sufficient condition for a phenomenon like Nazism but I think it's certainly a necessary one."<ref name=expelled>Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (2008 film). Rocky Mountain Pictures. Directed by Nathan Frankowski.</ref> He also says
"Darwinism is not a sufficient condition for a phenomenon like Nazism but I think it's certainly a necessary one."<ref name="expelled">{{cite AV media |people=Frankowski, Nathan (Director) |date=April 18, 2008 |title=[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]] |medium=Motion picture |publisher=Premise Media Corporation}}</ref> He also says:


<blockquote>It'd be nice to see the scientific establishment lose some of its prestige and power...Above all, it'd be nice to have a real spirit of self-criticism penetrating the sciences.<ref name=expelled/></blockquote>
{{Quotation|It'd be nice to see the scientific establishment lose some of its prestige and power...Above all, it'd be nice to have a real spirit of self-criticism penetrating the sciences.<ref name="expelled" />}}


In his 1996 article, ''The Deniable Darwin'', published in [[Commentary (magazine)|''Commentary'' magazine]], Berlinski says he [[objections to evolution|is skeptical of evolution]] for a number of reasons, including the appearance "at once" of an astonishing number of novel biological structures in the [[Cambrian explosion]], the lack of major [[transitional fossils]] transitional sequences, the lack of recent significant [[Shark#Evolution|evolution in sharks]], the [[evolution of the eye]], and (in his view) the failure of [[evolutionary biology]] to explain a range of phenomena ranging from the sexual cannibalism of [[redback spider]]s to why women are not born with a tail.<ref>David Berlinski, "[http://www.rae.org/dendar.html The Deniable Darwin]", ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'', Vol. 101, June 1996 No. 6</ref> The article was described by historian of science [[Ronald L. Numbers]] as "a version of ID theory", and was ridiculed by philosopher [[Daniel Dennett]] as "another hilarious demonstration that you can publish bullshit at will—just so long as you say what an editorial board wants to hear in a style it favors."<ref>{{cite book | last = Numbers | first = Ronald |authorlink=Ronald L. Numbers| title = Darwinism Comes to America | publisher = Harvard University Press | location = Cambridge | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-674-19312-1 |page=20}}</ref>
In his 1996 article, ''The Deniable Darwin'', published in ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'', Berlinski says he [[objections to evolution|is skeptical of evolution]] for a number of reasons, including the appearance "at once" of an astonishing number of novel biological structures in the [[Cambrian explosion]], the lack of major [[transitional fossil]]s transitional sequences, the lack of recent significant [[Shark#Evolution|evolution in sharks]], the [[evolution of the eye]], and (in his view) the failure of [[evolutionary biology]] to explain a range of phenomena ranging from the [[Spider cannibalism|sexual cannibalism]] of [[redback spider]]s to why women are not born with a tail.<ref name="DeniableDarwin">[[#Berlinski 1996b|Berlinski 1996b]]</ref> The article was described by historian of science [[Ronald L. Numbers]] as "a version of ID theory", and was ridiculed by philosopher [[Daniel Dennett]] as "another hilarious demonstration that you can publish bullshit at will—just so long as you say what an editorial board wants to hear in a style it favors."<ref>[[#Numbers 1998|Numbers 1998]], p. 20</ref>


Berlinski is a [[secular Jew]] and [[agnostic]].<ref name=DevilsDelusion>Berlinski, David. [http://books.google.com/books?id=pPCYCl5m4UsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22David+Berlinski%22+secular+jew ''The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions''], p. 6. Basic Bools, 2010. ISBN 1458758567. Accessed February 24, 2013. "But here it is, an inconvenient fact: I am a secular Jew."</ref> Berlinski's views towards criticism of religious belief can be found in his latest book, entitled "The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions".<ref name=DevilsDelusion/> In summary, he asserts that some skeptical arguments against religious belief based on scientific evidence misrepresent what the science is actually saying, that an objective morality requires a religious foundation, that mathematical theories attempting to bring together quantum mechanics and relativity amount to pseudoscience because of their lack of empirical verifiability, and he expresses doubt towards the Darwinian variation of evolutionary theory.
Berlinski is a [[Jewish atheism|secular Jew]] and agnostic.<ref name="DevilsDelusion">[[#Berlinski 2009a|Berlinski 2009a]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=pPCYCl5m4UsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22David+Berlinski%22+secular+jew#v=onepage&q=%20secular%20jew&f=false p. xiii]</ref> Berlinski's views towards criticism of religious belief can be found in his book ''The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions'' (2008).<ref name="DevilsDelusion" /> In summary, he asserts that some skeptical arguments against religious belief based on scientific evidence misrepresent what the science is actually saying, that an objective morality requires a religious foundation, that mathematical theories attempting to bring together [[quantum mechanics]] and the [[theory of relativity]] amount to [[pseudoscience]] because of their lack of empirical verifiability, and he expresses doubt towards the Darwinian variation of evolutionary theory.


[[Mark Perakh]], a critic of the intelligent design movement, contends that Berlinski's writings are not scientific, but popular, and that Berlinski "has no known record of his own contribution to the development of mathematics or of any other science."<ref>[http://www.talkreason.org/articles/SI_Resp.cfm Scientists Respond to the Orchestrated Assault of IDists on Professor Gross] Mark Perakh. Science Insights, a publication of the National Association of Scholars, September 2003</ref> Though Berlinski himself prefers to be known as a writer rather than a scientist.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyxUwaq00Rc]</ref>
[[Mark Perakh]], a critic of the intelligent design movement, contends that Berlinski's writings are not scientific, but popular, and that Berlinski "has no known record of his own contribution to the development of mathematics or of any other science."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talkreason.org/articles/SI_Resp.cfm#perakh |title=The assault of ID advocates on Professor Gross's essay is poorly substantiated |last=Perakh |first=Mark |authorlink=Mark Perakh |date=December 4, 2003 |website=[[Talk.reason|Talk Reason]] |accessdate=2014-01-17}}</ref> Though Berlinski himself prefers to be known as a writer rather than a scientist.<ref>{{YouTube|id=FyxUwaq00Rc|title="David Berlinski—Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions"|link=no}}</ref>


''The Deniable Darwin'' has also been criticized by [[Eugenie Scott]], executive director of the [[National Center for Science Education]]<ref>[http://www.2think.org/letters.shtml Letters from Readers], ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'', September 1996</ref>
''The Deniable Darwin'' has also been criticized by [[Eugenie Scott]], executive director of the [[National Center for Science Education]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=David Berlinski and Critics |month=September |year=1996 |title=Denying Darwin |url=http://www.2think.org/letters.shtml |journal=Commentary |type=Letters to the editor |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
'''Non-fiction books'''
'''Non-fiction books'''
*{{cite book |last=Berlinksi |first=David |year=1968 |title=<!--http://dissexpress.umi.com/dxweb/results.html?QryTxt=&By=&Title=&pubnum=6902526-->The Well-tempered Wittgenstein |type=Thesis (PhD) |location=Princeton, NJ |publisher=[[Princeton University]] |oclc=54749918 |ref=Berlinski 1968}}
*''A Tour of the Calculus'' (Vintage, 1996) ISBN 0-679-42645-0
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*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1976 |title=On Systems Analysis: An Essay Concerning the Limitations of Some Mathematical Methods in the Social, Political, and Biological Sciences |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=[[MIT Press]] |isbn=0-262-02120-X |lccn=76013444 |oclc=2213153 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1976a}}
*''Black Mischief: Language, Life, Logic, Luck'' (Boston: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988) ISBN 0-688-04404-2
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1976 |title=Philosophy: The Cutting Edge |location=Port Washington, NY |publisher=Alfred Publishing Co. |isbn=0-882-84029-0 |lccn=76007548 |oclc=2089782 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1976b}}
* ''Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics'', 2005, ISBN 0-679-64234-X
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1978 |chapter=Adverse Notes on Systems Theory |editor-last=Klir |editor-first=George J |editor-link=George Klir |title=Applied General Systems Research: Recent Developments and Trends |url=http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4757-0555-3_72 |series=NATO Conference Series |volume=5 |location=New York |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Plenum Press]] |pages=949-960 |doi=10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3_72 |isbn=0-306-32845-3 |lccn=77026044 |oclc=470761024 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17 |quote=Proceedings of the NATO international conference held in Binghamton, New York, August 15-19, 1977, sponsored by the NATO Special Program Panel on Systems Science. |ref=Berlinski 1978}}
* ''Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac Newton Unlocked the System of the World'', 2000, ISBN 0-684-84392-7
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1986 |title=Black Mischief: The Mechanics of Modern Science |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[William Morrow and Company]] |isbn=0-688-04404-2 |lccn=85021820 |oclc=12721232 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1986a}}
* ''The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer'', (Harcourt, 2001), ISBN 0-15-601391-6
**{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1988 |title=Black Mischief: Language, Life, Logic, Luck |edition=2nd |location=Boston |publisher=[[Harcourt (publisher)#Harcourt Brace Jovanovich|Harcourt Brace Jovanovich]] |isbn=0-156-13063-7 |lccn=87022695 |oclc=16680895 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1988}}
* ''The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World'', (Harcourt, 2000), ISBN 0-15-100338-6
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1986 |chapter=The Language of Life |editor1-last=Casti |editor1-first=John L. |editor2-last=Karlqvist |editor2-first=Anders |title=Complexity, Language, and Life: Mathematical Approaches |series=Biomathematics |volume=16 |location=Berlin; New York |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer-Verlag]] |pages=231-267 |doi=10.1007/978-3-642-70953-1_9 |isbn=978-3-642-70955-5 |issn=0067-8821 |lccn=85030324 |oclc=13010820 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1986b}}
* ''The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky: Astrology and the Art of Prediction'', 2003, ISBN 0-15-100527-3
*{{cite book |editor-last=Berlinski |editor-first=David |year=1989 |title=A Guide to the Compositions of Herman Berlinski |url=http://www.jtsa.edu/The_Library/Collections/Archives/Music_Archives/Berlinski.xml |location=New York |publisher=Herman Berlinski Collection ([[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]]) |oclc=417235152 |editor-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17 |ref=Berlinski 1989}}
* ''[[The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions]]'', (New York: Crown Forum, 2008), ISBN 0-307-39626-6
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1990 |title=The Rise of Differential Topology |location=Boston, MA |publisher=[[Birkhäuser]] |isbn=3-764-33073-2 |oclc=123046016 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1990}}
* ''The Deniable Darwin and Other Essays '', (Discovery Institute: February 1, 2010), ISBN 978-0-979-01412-3
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1995 |title=A Tour of the Calculus |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[Pantheon Books]] |isbn=0-679-42645-0 |lccn=95004042 |oclc=31970193 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1995}}
* ''One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics'', (New York: Pantheon Books, 2011), ISBN 978-0-375-42333-8
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1997 |chapter=Prague Interlude |editor1-last=O'Reilly |editor1-first=Sean |editor2-last=O'Reilly |editor2-first=James |editor3-last=O'Reilly |editor3-first=Tim |title=Travelers' Tales: The Road Within: True Stories of Transformation |edition=1st |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Travelers' Tales, Inc. |isbn=1-8852-11-19-8 |oclc=38049772 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1997}}
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* ''On Systems Analysis: An Essay Concerning the Limitations of Some Mathematical Methods in the Social, Political, and Biological Sciences'', (MIT Press, 1976), ISBN 9780262021203
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1998 |chapter=Gödel's Question |editor-last=Dembski |editor-first=William A |editor-link=William A. Dembski |title=[[List of works on intelligent design#Supportive non-fiction anthologies|Mere Creation: Science, Faith & Intelligent Design]] |others=Foreword by [[Henry F. Schaefer, III]] |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=[[InterVarsity Press]] |isbn=0-8308-1515-5 |lccn=98020999 |oclc=38959771 |author-mask=2 |ref=Dembski 1998}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1999 |chapter=Joseph Maier: A Personal Reminiscence |editor-last=Marcus |editor-first=Judith T |title=Surviving the Twentieth Century: Social Philosophy from the Frankfurt School to the Columbia Faculty Seminars |location=New Brunswick, NJ |publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]] |isbn=1-56000-352-9 |lccn=99016173 |oclc=41445653 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1999}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2000 |title=The Advent of the Algorithm: The Idea that Rules the World |location=New York |publisher=[[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt]] |isbn=0-15-100338-6 |lccn=98043755 |oclc=40459999 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2000a}}
**{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2001 |origyear=Originally published 2000 with different subtitle |title=The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer |edition=1st Harvest |location=San Diego, CA |publisher=Harcourt |isbn=0-15-601391-6 |oclc=46890682 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2001}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2000 |title=Newton's Gift: How Sir Isaac Newton Unlocked the System of the World |location=New York |publisher=[[Free Press (publisher)|Free Press]] |isbn=0-684-84392-7 |lccn=00034724 |oclc=44046921 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2000b}}
*{{cite conference |url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1768102 |title=The Mathematics of Matter and the Mathematics of Mind |first=David |last=Berlinski |year=2003 |conference=Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control |editor1-last=Maler |editor1-first=Oded |editor2-last=Pnueli |editor2-first=Amir |editor2-link=Amir Pnueli |booktitle=Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control: 6th International Workshop, HSCC 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2003: Proceedings |series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2623 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |location=Berlin; New York |page=1 |isbn=3-540-0-0913-2 |lccn=2003045461 |oclc=51855533 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2003a}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2003 |title=The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky: Astrology and the Art of Prediction |edition=1st U.S. |location=Orlando, FL |publisher=Harcourt |isbn=0-15-100527-3 |lccn=2003009789 |oclc=52214462 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinsky 2003b}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2005 |title=Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics |series=Modern Library Chronicles |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[Modern Library]] |isbn=0-679-64234-X |lccn=2005041519 |oclc=57573840 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2005}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2006 |chapter=Two Fables by Jorge Luis Borges |editor-last=Dembski |editor-first=William A |title=Darwin's Nemesis: Phillip Johnson and the Intelligent Design Movement |others=Foreword by [[Rick Santorum]] |location=Downers Grove, IL |publisher=[[InterVarsity Press|IVP Academic]] |isbn=978-0-8308-2836-4 |lccn=2005033144 |oclc=62330745 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2006}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2008 |title=[[The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions]] |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[Crown Publishing Group|Crown Forum]] |isbn=978-0-307-39626-6 |lccn=2007048071 |oclc=183162134 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2008}}
**{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2009 |title=The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions |edition=2nd |location=New York |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=978-0-465-01937-3 |lccn=2009931847 |oclc=401147024 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2009a}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2009 |editor-last=Klinghoffer |editor-first=David |editor-link=David Klinghoffer |title=The Deniable Darwin and Other Essays |location=Seattle, WA |publisher=[[Discovery Institute|Discovery Institute Press]] |isbn=978-0-979-01412-3 |lccn=2009935347 |oclc=624322270 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2009b}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2011 |title=One, Two, Three: Absolutely Elementary Mathematics |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=978-0-375-42333-8 |lccn=2010038555 |oclc=657595353 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2011}}
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=2013 |title=The King of Infinite Space: Euclid and His Elements |location=New York |publisher=[[Basic Books]] |isbn=978-0-465-01481-1 |lccn=2012042492 |oclc=828850721 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 2013}}


'''Fiction books'''
'''Fiction books'''
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1993 |title=A Clean Sweep |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]] |isbn=0-312-08744-6 |lccn=92036534 |oclc=26764139 |ref=Berlinski 1993}}
*''A Clean Sweep''. (St Martins Press, 1993) ISBN 0-312-08744-6
*''Less Than Meets the Eye: An Aaron Asherfeld Mystery''. (St Martins Press, 1994) ISBN 0-312-11298-X
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1994 |title=Less Than Meets the Eye: An Aaron Asherfeld Mystery |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-11298-X |lccn=93045281 |oclc=29470294 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1994}}
*''The Body Shop: An Aaron Asherfeld Mystery''. (St Martins Press, 1996) ISBN 0-312-13935-7
*{{cite book |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1996 |title=The Body Shop: An Aaron Asherfeld Mystery |edition=1st |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-13935-7 |lccn=95046783 |oclc=33439024 |author-mask=2 |ref=Berlinski 1996a}}


'''Articles'''
'''Articles in peer-reviewed journals'''
*{{cite journal |last1=Berlinski |first1=David |last2=Gallin |first2=Daniel |month=May |year=1969 |title=Quine's Definition of Logical Truth |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2216260 |journal=[[Noûs]] |location=Hoboken, NJ |publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]] |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=111-128 |jstor=2216260 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
* "Systems Analysis", Urban Affairs Review, 1970
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=September |year=1970 |title=Systems Analysis |journal=[[Urban Affairs Review]] |location=Thousand Oaks, CA |publisher=[[Sage Publications]] |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=104-126 |doi=10.1177/107808747000600111 |issn=1078-0874 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
* "The End of Materialistic Science", ''Forbes Asap magazine'', 1996
*{{cite journal |last1=Berlinski |first1=David |date=June 15, 1972 |title=Philosophical Aspects of Molecular Biology |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2024776 |journal=[[The Journal of Philosophy]] |location=New York |publisher=The Journal of Philosophy, Inc. |volume=69 |issue=12 |pages=319–335 |issn=0022-362X |jstor=2024776 |oclc=244821401 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17 |ref=Berlinski 1972}}
* "The Deniable Darwin", ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'', 1996
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=December |year=1974 |title=''The Philosophy of Biology'' by Michael Ruse |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/187011 |journal=[[Philosophy of Science (journal)|Philosophy of Science]] |type=Book review |location=Chicago, IL |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=418-422 |doi=10.1086/288605 |issn=0031-8248 |jstor=187011 |oclc=716512499 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
* "Has Darwin met his match?" (Letter), ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'', 2003
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=December |year=1976 |title=''Russell and Moore: The Analytical Heritage'' by A. J. Ayer |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1959389 |journal=[[American Political Science Review]] |type=Book review |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]; [[American Political Science Association]] |volume=70 |issue=4 |page=1257 |doi=10.2307/1959389 |issn=1537-5943 |jstor=1959389 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
* "What Brings a World into Being?", ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'', 2001
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=March |year=1977 |title=''The Cybernetic Theory of Decision'' by John D. Steinbruner; ''The Sciences of the Artificial'' by H. A. Simon |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1957077 |journal=American Political Science Review |type=Book review |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Cambridge University Press; American Political Science Association |volume=71 |issue=1 |pages=424-428 |issn=1537-5943 |jstor=1957077 |oclc=805068983 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1990 |title=Knowing, Knowledge, Known |journal=Logique et Analyse |location=Brussels |publisher= Nationaal Centrum voor Navorsingen in de Logica |volume=33 |issue=129-130 |pages=3-20 |issn=0024-5836 |oclc=1756092 |author-mask=2}}


'''Articles in journals'''
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==References==
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=August |year=1975 |title=Mathematical models of the world |url=http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00485978?LI=true |journal=[[Synthese]] |series=Part 1 |location=Dordrecht |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media|Kluwer Academic Publishers]] |volume=31 |issue=2 |pages=211-227 |doi=10.1007/BF00485978 |issn=0039-7857 |oclc=4895060169 |accessdate=2014-01-17}} Part 2 and part 3 published in ''Synthese'', '''36''' (3) (November 1977), and '''37''' (2) (February 1978), respectively ({{OCLC|226993726}}).
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |year=1978 |title=Catastrophe theory and its applications: A critical review |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bs.3830230411/abstract?deniedAccessCustomisedMessage=&userIsAuthenticated=false |journal=[[Systems Research and Behavioral Science]] |type=Book review |location=Hoboken, NJ |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=402–416 |doi=10.1002/bs.3830230411 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=October-December |year=1980 |title=Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40902196 |journal=[[Revue de métaphysique et de morale|Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale]] |location=Paris |publisher=Société française de philosophie |volume=85 |issue=4 |pages=509-518 |issn=0035-1571 |jstor=40902196 |oclc=763653542 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=Winter |year=1989 |title=Vienna |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/40237243 |journal=[[New England Review|New England Review & Bread Loaf Quarterly]] |location=Middlebury, VT |publisher=[[Middlebury College|Middlebury College Publications]] |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=157-168 |issn=1053-1297 |jstor=40237243 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=January |year=1996 |title=The Soul of Man Under Physics |url=http://www.discovery.org/f/385 |format=PDF |journal=[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]] |location=New York |publisher=[[American Jewish Committee]] |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=June |year=1996 |title=The Deniable Darwin |url=http://www.discovery.org/a/130 |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17 |ref=Berlinski 1996b}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=November 2, 1996 |title=Keeping an Eye on Evolution: Richard Dawkins, a relentless Darwinian spear carrier, trips over Mount Improbable |url=http://www.discovery.org/a/132 |type=Book review |journal=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc. |issn=0319-0714 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=December 2, 1996 |title=The End of Materialistic Science |url=http://www.discovery.org/a/131 |journal=Forbes ASAP |location=New York |publisher=[[Forbes]] |pages=146-160 |issn=1078-9901 |lccn=94648579 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=July/August |year=1997 |title=Ground Zero: A Review of The Pleasures of Counting, by TW Koerner |type=Book review |journal=[[The Sciences]] |location=New York |publisher=[[New York Academy of Sciences]] |volume=37 |issue=4 |pages=37-41 |issn=0036-861X |author-mask=2}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=February |year=1998 |title=Was There a Big Bang? |url=http://www.discovery.org/f/386 |format=PDF |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=April |year=2001 |title=What Brings a World into Being? |url=http://www.discovery.org/a/616 |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=November 26, 2001 |title=Where Physics and Politics Meet |url=https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/543dgggq.asp |type=Book review |journal=[[The Weekly Standard]] |location=New York |publisher=[[News Corporation]] |volume=7 |issue=11 |issn=1083-3013 |oclc=32775365 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=February 18, 2002 |title=God, Man, and Physics |url=http://www.weeklynostandards.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/897jsvgo.asp |type=Book review |journal=The Weekly Standard |location=New York |publisher=News Corporation |volume=7 |issue=22 |issn=1083-3013 |oclc=32775365 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=March |year=2002 |title=Einstein and Gödel |url=http://discovermagazine.com/2002/mar/featgodel#.UtO4UPs6wn0 |journal=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]] |volume=23 |issue=3 |page=38 |location=Waukesha, WI |publisher=Kalmbach Publishing |issn=0274-7529 |author-mask=2}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=March 18, 2002 |title=Lucky Jim |url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Protected/Articles/000/000/000/991odrfs.asp |type=Book review |journal=The Weekly Standard |location=New York |publisher=News Corporation |volume=7 |issue=26 |issn=1083-3013 |oclc=32775365 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=Fall |year=2002 |title=Inventing Numbers: How Mathematicians Filled the Inky Void |url=http://www.aft.org/pdfs/americaneducator/fall2002/Berlinski.pdf |format=PDF |journal=[[American Educator]] |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=[[American Federation of Teachers]] |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=36-41 |issn=0148-432X |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=December |year=2002 |title=Has Darwin Met His Match? |url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/has-darwin-met-his-match/ |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=April |year=2003 |title=A Scientific Scandal |url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/a-scientific-scandal/ |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=November |year=2004 |title=On the Origins of the Mind |url=http://www.discovery.org/f/388 |format=PDF |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=March 9, 2005 |title=There are valid criticisms of evolution |url=http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/editorial/11083843.htm |journal=[[The Wichita Eagle]] |publisher=[[Knight Ridder]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050321163935/http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/editorial/11083843.htm |archivedate=2005-03-21 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=April 1, 2005 |title=Academic Extinction |url=http://archive.dailycal.org/article.php?id=18178 |journal=[[The Daily Californian]] |location=Berkeley, CA |publisher=Independent Berkeley Students Publishing Company, Inc. |oclc=60637422 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=February |year=2006 |title=On the Origins of Life |url=http://www.discovery.org/a/3209 |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=American Jewish Committee |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=August 29, 2007 |title=Inside the Mathematical Mind |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/inside-the-mathematical-mind/61508/ |type=Book review |journal=[[The New York Sun]] |publisher=TWO SL LLC |oclc=55942738 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=May 5, 2008 |title=The Dang Thing |url=http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/224385/dang-thing/david-berlinski |journal=[[National Review|National Review Online]] |location=New York |publisher=National Review, Inc. |oclc=45278115 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=April 18, 2008 |title=Connecting Hitler and Darwin |url=http://www.humanevents.com/2008/04/18/connecting-hitler-and-darwin/ |journal=[[Human Events]] |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Eagle Publishing, Inc. |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |date=April 28, 2008 |title=The Scientific Embrace of Atheism |url=http://pjmedia.com/blog/the-scientific-embrace-of-atheism/ |type=Blog |journal=[[PJ Media]] |location=Los Angeles, CA |publisher=PJ Media |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
*{{cite journal |last=Berlinski |first=David |month=April |year=2008 |origyear=Published 2008 in chapter 8 of ''The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and Its Scientific Pretensions'' as "Our Inner Ape, a Darling, and the Human Mind" |title=The God of the Gaps |url=http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-god-of-the-gaps/ |journal=Commentary |location=New York |publisher=Commentary Inc. |issn=0010-2601 |author-mask=2 |accessdate=2014-01-17}}
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==Notes==
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==References==
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*{{cite book |last=Coulter |first=Ann H. |authorlink=Ann Coulter |year=2007 |origyear=Originally published 2006; New York: [[Crown Publishing Group|Crown Forum]] |title=Godless: The Church of Liberalism |edition=1st pbk. |location=New York |publisher=[[Three Rivers Press]] |isbn=978-1-4000-5421-3 |lccn=2007280683 |oclc=148652646 |ref=Coulter 2007}}
*{{cite book |last=Numbers |first=Ronald L. |authorlink=Ronald Numbers |year=1998 |title=Darwinism Comes to America |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |location=Cambridge, MA |isbn=0-674-19312-1 |lccn=98016212 |oclc= 38747194 |ref=Numbers 1998}}
*{{cite book |last=Phy-Olsen |first=Allene |year=2010 |title=Evolution, Creationism, and Intelligent Design |series=Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America |location=Santa Barbara, CA |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood]] |isbn=978-0-313-37841-6 |lccn=2010009743 |oclc=656503130 |ref=Phy-Olsen 2010}}
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.davidberlinski.org/ David Berlinski's Blog]
*{{Official website|http://www.davidberlinski.org/}}
* [http://www.discovery.org/p/51 David Berlinski, Senior Fellow] at the [[Discovery Institute|Discovery Institute's]] [[Center for Science and Culture]]
* [http://www.discovery.org/p/51 David Berlinski, Senior Fellow] at the [[Discovery Institute]]'s [[Center for Science and Culture]]
**[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=submitSearchQuery&query=David%20Berlinski&orderBy=date&orderDir=DESC&searchBy=author&searchType=all Berlinski's articles] listed at Discovery Institute
**[http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=submitSearchQuery&query=David%20Berlinski&orderBy=date&orderDir=DESC&searchBy=author&searchType=all Berlinski's articles] listed at Discovery Institute
* {{YouTube|id=Ec8lpcA5hls&list=PLF9DB30F6802BC5CE|title="Dr. David Berlinski: Introduction (Part 1)"|link=no}} – Part 1 of 22 parts of ''[[Icons of Evolution]]'' (2002), produced by ColdWater Media
* [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F9DB30F6802BC5CE&playnext=1 Dr. David Berlinski: Introduction] (22 clips on YouTube.com).
* [http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Berlinski1.cfm Criticism of Berlinski's anti-evolution arguments]
* [http://www.talkreason.org/articles/Berlinski1.cfm "A Tale of Two Citations"] by James Downard at [[Talk Reason]]


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David Berlinski
Born1942
New York City, USA
OccupationAcademic philosopher (PhD in philosophy from Princeton University)
Websitewww.davidberlinski.org

David Berlinski (born 1942) is an American philosopher, educator, and author. Berlinski is a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. A critic of the theory of evolution, Berlinski is theologically agnostic and refuses to theorize about the origins of life.[1] He has written on philosophy, mathematics and a variety of fictional works. His daughter, Claire Berlinski, is a well known journalist.

Early life

Berlinski was born in the United States in 1942 to German-born Jewish refugees who had immigrated to New York City after escaping from France as the Vichy government was collaborating with the Germans. His father was Herman Berlinski, the noted American composer, organist, pianist, musicologist and choir conductor, and his mother was Sina Berlinski (née Goldfein), an American pianist, piano teacher and voice coach. Both were born and raised in Leipzig where they studied at the Conservatory, before fleeing to Paris where they were married and undertook further studies. German was David Berlinski's first spoken language. He received his PhD in philosophy from Princeton University.[2]

Academic career

Berlinski was a research assistant in molecular biology at Columbia University,[3] and was a research fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria and the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) in France. He has taught philosophy, mathematics, and English at Stanford University, Rutgers University, The City University of New York, the University of Washington, the University of Puget Sound, San Jose State University, the University of Santa Clara, the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, and taught mathematics at the Université de Paris.[clarification needed] [4][better source needed] [5]

Author

Mathematics and biology

Berlinski has written works on systems analysis, the history of differential topology, analytic philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics. Berlinski has authored books for the general public on mathematics and the history of mathematics. These include A Tour of the Calculus (1995) on calculus, The Advent of the Algorithm (2000) on algorithms, Newton's Gift (2000) on Isaac Newton, and Infinite Ascent: A Short History of Mathematics (2005). Another book, The Secrets of the Vaulted Sky (2003), compares astrological and evolutionary[disputed – discuss] accounts of human behavior.[citation needed] In Black Mischief, Berlinski wrote "Our paper became a monograph. When we had completed the details, we rewrote everything so that no one could tell how we came upon our ideas or why. This is the standard in mathematics."[6][better source needed]

Berlinski's books have received mixed reviews; Newton's Gift and The Advent of the Algorithm were criticized by MathSciNet for containing historical and mathematical inaccuracies[7][8] while the Mathematical Association of America review of A Tour of the Calculus recommended that professors have students read the book to appreciate the overarching historical and philosophical picture of calculus.[9]

Collaborations

Berlinski, along with fellow Discovery Institute associates Michael Behe and William A. Dembski, tutored Ann Coulter on science and evolution for her book Godless: The Church of Liberalism.[10]

Berlinski was a longtime friend of the late Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (1920–1996), with whom he collaborated on an unfinished and unpublished mathematically-based manuscript that he described as being "devoted to the Darwinian theory of evolution."[11] Berlinski dedicated The Advent of the Algorithm to Schützenberger.

Fiction

He is the author of several detective novels starring private investigator Aaron Asherfeld: A Clean Sweep (1993), Less Than Meets the Eye (1994) and The Body Shop (1996), and a number of shorter works of fiction and non-fiction.

Evolution

A critic of evolution, Berlinski is a Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, a Seattle-based think tank that is a hub of the intelligent design movement. Berlinski shares the movement's disbelief in the evidence for evolution, but does not openly avow intelligent design and describes his relationship with the idea as: "warm but distant. It's the same attitude that I display in public toward my ex-wives."[1] Berlinski is a scathing critic of evolution, yet, "Unlike his colleagues at the Discovery Institute,...[he] refuses to theorize about the origin of life."[1]

Berlinski appeared in the 2008 film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, in which he told interviewer Ben Stein that "Darwinism is not a sufficient condition for a phenomenon like Nazism but I think it's certainly a necessary one."[12] He also says:

It'd be nice to see the scientific establishment lose some of its prestige and power...Above all, it'd be nice to have a real spirit of self-criticism penetrating the sciences.[12]

In his 1996 article, The Deniable Darwin, published in Commentary, Berlinski says he is skeptical of evolution for a number of reasons, including the appearance "at once" of an astonishing number of novel biological structures in the Cambrian explosion, the lack of major transitional fossils transitional sequences, the lack of recent significant evolution in sharks, the evolution of the eye, and (in his view) the failure of evolutionary biology to explain a range of phenomena ranging from the sexual cannibalism of redback spiders to why women are not born with a tail.[13] The article was described by historian of science Ronald L. Numbers as "a version of ID theory", and was ridiculed by philosopher Daniel Dennett as "another hilarious demonstration that you can publish bullshit at will—just so long as you say what an editorial board wants to hear in a style it favors."[14]

Berlinski is a secular Jew and agnostic.[15] Berlinski's views towards criticism of religious belief can be found in his book The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions (2008).[15] In summary, he asserts that some skeptical arguments against religious belief based on scientific evidence misrepresent what the science is actually saying, that an objective morality requires a religious foundation, that mathematical theories attempting to bring together quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity amount to pseudoscience because of their lack of empirical verifiability, and he expresses doubt towards the Darwinian variation of evolutionary theory.

Mark Perakh, a critic of the intelligent design movement, contends that Berlinski's writings are not scientific, but popular, and that Berlinski "has no known record of his own contribution to the development of mathematics or of any other science."[16] Though Berlinski himself prefers to be known as a writer rather than a scientist.[17]

The Deniable Darwin has also been criticized by Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education[18]

Bibliography

Non-fiction books

Fiction books

Articles in peer-reviewed journals

Articles in journals

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Engber, Daniel (April 15 2008). "A Crank's Progress". Slate. The Paranoid Style in American Science. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company. Archived from the original on 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2014-01-10. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Berlinski 1968
  3. ^ Berlinski 1972
  4. ^ "David Berlinski, Senior Fellow - CSC". Discovery Institute. Seattle, WA: Discovery Institute. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
  5. ^ Phy-Olsen 2010, p. 73
  6. ^ Berlinski 1988
  7. ^ "MR: Search Publications database". MathSciNet. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. Database search for MR1815707: Newton's Gift by Berlinski. Subscription required.
  8. ^ "MR: Search Publications database". MathSciNet. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. Database search for MR1766416: The Advent of the Algorithm by Berlinski. Subscription required.
  9. ^ Gouvêa, Fernando Q. (January 1, 1996). "A Tour of the Calculus". Mathematical Association of America (Book review). Washington, D.C.: Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  10. ^ Coulter 2007, p. 319: "I couldn't have written about evolution without the generous tutoring of Michael Behe, David Berlinski, and William Dembski, all of whom are fabulous at translating complex ideas, unlike liberal arts types, who constantly force me to the dictionary to relearn the meaning of quotidian."
  11. ^ Wilf, Herbert S. (1996). "Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (1920-1996)". Electronic Journal of Combinatorics. 3 (1). Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania. ISSN 1077-8926. Retrieved 2014-01-17. Synopsis: "A memorial page for Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, with contributions from Herbert Wilf, Dominique Foata, David Berlinski, Dominique Perrin, Richard Askey and Moshé Flato."
  12. ^ a b Frankowski, Nathan (Director) (April 18, 2008). Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed (Motion picture). Premise Media Corporation.
  13. ^ Berlinski 1996b
  14. ^ Numbers 1998, p. 20
  15. ^ a b Berlinski 2009a, p. xiii
  16. ^ Perakh, Mark (December 4, 2003). "The assault of ID advocates on Professor Gross's essay is poorly substantiated". Talk Reason. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  17. ^ "David Berlinski—Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions" on YouTube
  18. ^ David Berlinski and Critics (1996). "Denying Darwin". Commentary (Letters to the editor). New York: American Jewish Committee. ISSN 0010-2601. Retrieved 2014-01-17. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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