Synthese Special Issue on "Evolution and Its Rivals"

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We, as members of the philosophical community, call upon the Editors-in-Chief of Synthese to:

1. Respond forthrightly to the allegations in the 'open letter' from Glenn Branch and James Fetzer, the Guest Editors of the special issue on "Evolution and Its Rivals" (their open letter is available here:
http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/synthese-editors-cave-in-to-pressure-from-the-intelligent-design-lobby.html#tp)

2. Apologize to the Guest Editors and the contributors for the unprofessional manner in which this issue, and the insertion of a "disclaimer," were handled.

3. Retract the "disclaimer" in a subsequent print edition of Synthese.

4. Disclose the nature of complaints and/or legal threats from Francis Beckwith, his supporters, and supporters of Intelligent Design that were received by the Editors-in-Chief after the on-line publication of "Evolution and Its Rivals" last year.

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  • Alexander Skiles
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Notre Dame
  • Matthew Burstein
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Georgetown University
  • Brian Leiter
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Chicago
  • Steven French
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Leeds
  • Benj Hellie
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Toronto
  • Jason Brennan
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Brown University
  • Kelly Smith
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Clemson University
    • Comments
    • It is better to admit you made a mistake than dig in your heels and make it worse.
  • James H. Fetzer
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Minnesota Duluth
    • Comments
    • A little more candor and a little less evasion could bring this fiasco to a prompt and proper terminus.
  • C. D. C. Reeve
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • UNC-Chapel Hill
  • Michael Sevel
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • European University Institute
  • Wes McMichael
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
  • Eric Schliesser
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    • Ghent University
  • Thom Brooks
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    • Newcastle University, UK
  • Jeff Roland
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    • Louisiana State University
  • Ingo Brigandt
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Alberta
  • Catherine Z. Elgin
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    • Harvard University
  • Dr. Katie Terezakis
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Jeffrey A. Bell
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Professor of Philosophy, Southeastern Louisiana University
  • Matthew H. Kramer
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Cambridge University
    • Comments
    • This situation has been handled very badly by the editors-in-chief. I hope that they will move expeditiously to limit the damage to their fine journal.
  • Wesley R. Elsberry
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
  • Richard Cameron
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    • DePauw University
  • Shamik Dasgupta
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    • Princeton University
  • Jura Pintar
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    • Yale University
  • Charles H. Pence
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    • University of Notre Dame
  • Matthew J. Brown
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • UT Dallas
    • Comments
    • I agree w/ (1) and (4), but depending on the content of these answers, (2) and (3) may not be called for. The key, I think, is that the EiCs must respond.
  • Ray Lopez
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    • University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Peter L Vallentyne
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    • U. Missouri
  • Christopher Hercules
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    • Georgia College & State University; Georgia State University
  • P.D. Magnus
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    • SUNY Albany
  • Robert N. Johnson
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    • University of Missouri
  • Alex Miller
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    • University of Birmingham
  • Christopher Pynes
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    • Western Illinois University
  • Wil Waluchow
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    • McMaster University
  • Clayton Littlejohn
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    • University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Rich Booher
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    • Syracuse University
  • John Kulvicki
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    • Dartmouth College
  • John S. Wilkins
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Sydney
    • Comments
    • I am an author in that issue.
  • Jonas Olson
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    • Stockholm University
  • John Protevi
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    • protevi@lsu.edu
  • Rosemary Twomey
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    • CUNY Graduate Center
  • Samantha Brennan
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • The University of Western Ontario
  • Brandon Byrd
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    • Bowling Green State University
  • Jeremy Goodman
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    • Oxford Univerity
  • Peter Carruthers
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    • University of Maryland
  • David Mathers
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    • Oxford (graduate student)
  • Cameron Brown
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    • Concordia University, Montreal, QC
  • Charlie Huenemann
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    • Utah State University
  • Marcus Arvan
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Tampa
  • C. Kenneth Waters
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • University of Minnesota -- Twin Cities
  • Gary Bartlett
    • Institutional Affiliation
    • Central Washington University