New York Times Article Refutes Conspiracy Theories About Why Synthese Opposed the Disrespectful Methods of Intelligent Design Critics

We've recently discussed how earlier this year, some leading intelligent design (ID) critics organized an issue of the philosophy journal Synthese using mockery, motive mongering, guilt-by-association, and other fallacious arguments to attack intelligent design (ID). For example, ID was called "irrational," or alternatively a "rational pathogology." It was also called a "threat" which academics should "combat," or a "weed" which academics should "pull." (Another suggestion offered to...