Abstract
For all of history, the fundamental issue in the creation-evolution conflict has been philosophical presuppositions, not empirical evidence or 'brute facts'. Creationists have been pointing this out for many years, with varying degrees of effectiveness. To their credit, the modern Intelligent Design movement has recognized this same point, and for almost twenty years now, has explicitly made philosophical argumentation central in the debate over Darwinism. Phillip Johnson played an important role in bringing the philosophy of naturalism out into the open and onto the dissecting table with his best-selling Darwin on Trial, the book usually credited with launching the modern ID movement. Distinctions between 'methodological naturalism' and 'metaphysical naturalism' became key points of debate. Biophysicist Cornelius Hunter has added to this understanding by authoring several books focused on the history of Darwinism and design. His latest work, Science's Blind Spot, turns the tables completely on naturalism, this time in the realm of history, arguing that Darwinism is religious and ID is empirical. This thesis is not new in the ID literature, but Hunter's way of saying it is.