Background
Birx, H. James was born on June 1, 1941 in Canandaigua, New York, United States. Son of Harry Charles and Jane Ann (Cermak) Birx.
(Professor H. James Birx shows how the never-ending contro...)
Professor H. James Birx shows how the never-ending controversy of human evolution came to be. He details the events that caused thinkers like Charles Darwin to develop his theory of evolution, and what ideas caused some people to reconcile a somewhat mystical theology with a concrete model of the universe. He tells you how Darwin's work infuriated everybody from "God-fearing" Christians to the church heirarchies. Birx explains how scientific advances and philosophical arguments have made beliefs about divine intervention as the origin of man a moot point. He shows how creationism ignores proven scientific facts, and how human evolution remains a much sounder truth. You'll read how some western religions are starting to accept evolution as the process which creates life on earth. You'll also learn why scientific evolution and creationism have not been accepted together and how bold attempts to merge the two ideas have failed miserably.
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Birx, H. James was born on June 1, 1941 in Canandaigua, New York, United States. Son of Harry Charles and Jane Ann (Cermak) Birx.
Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences, State University of New York College, Geneseo, 1963; Master of Science in Biology, State University of New York College, Geneseo, 1964; Master of Arts in Anthropology, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy with distinction, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971; postdoctorate in German studies, Canisius College, 1974-1977, 80.
Instructor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1964-1971. Professor anthropology Canisius College, since 1968, chairman anthropology/sociology department, since 1980. Instructor Consortium Western New York, Attica, 1979-1985.
Visiting professor Freie University, Berlin, 1977, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 1983-1984, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1984, Shippensburg (Pennsylvania) University, 1989-1990, State University of New York College, Geneseo, 1990, Humboldt University, Berlin, 1990, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, 1990, University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1991, University Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, 1991, University North Texas, Denton, 1992. Researcher geobiology Galapagos Islands, 1973, 81, Rarotonga/Aitutaki, Cook Islands, 1992, paleoanthropology Harvard University and National Museum of Kenya, 1985. Adjunct professor Institute Inquiry College Humanism State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1990.
Public speaker on Aristotle, Bruno, Darwin, Haeckel, Wagner, Nietzsche, Teilhard, Marvin Farber and various topics in evolutionary thought. International symposium speaker Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Arcosanti, Arizona, 1981, Marvin Farber, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1982, Charles Darwin, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1982, On Wisdom, Brock Philosophy Society, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 1984, Ontario Archaeologists Abroad, Toronto, 1988, Evolution Versus Creationism, Institute Inquiry College Humanism, 1991, Postmodernism, Society Humanist Philosophers, Brock University, 1991, Paul Kurtz and Promethean Love, Society Humanist Philosophers, Brock. University, 1992; Canisius College symposium chair New Frontiers Social Sciences, 1981, Darwin and Evolution: A Centennial Tribute, 1982.
Lilian Fairchild lecturer Buffalo Museum of Science, 1982. Chair Wagner in Retrospect: A Centennial Reappraisal, University Illinois, Chicago, 1983, Defending the Enlightenment, Coalition for Secular Humanism and Freethought, Toronto, 1992. Speaker Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1984, Hilbert College, Hamburg, New York, 1987, Katholische Akademie Schwerte, Dortmund, Germany, 1988, Institute Applied Philosophy, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1991, 92.
Lecturer National Science Foundation seminar Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1990. Keynote speaker Ernst Haeckel Haus, Friedrich Schiller University, 1990. Speaker Charter Day, invited visiting scholar North Lake College, Irving, Texas, 1992.
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Member American Association of University Professors, Institute Applied Philosophy, Society Humanist Philosophers, John Dewey Society, Association Process Philosophy Education, National Center for Science Education, New York Council Evolution Education, Western New York Skeptics, New York Academy of Sciences, Northeast Anthropological Association (keynote address 1986), liberal studies.B. Leakey Foundation, American Humanist Association, American Culture Association, North America Nietzsche Society, Washington Evolutionary Systems Society, International Association Campus Law Enforcement Administrators, Sigma Xi (secretary Buffalo chapter 1984-1985, keynote speaker 1986), Phi Delta Kappa.