Giuseppe Sermonti

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Giuseppe Sermonti (October 4, 1925[1][2] – December 16, 2018)[3] was an Italian professor of genetics. Sermonti is well known for his criticism of natural selection as the deciding factor of human biology.

Giuseppe Sermonti

Biography

Early life and career

Born in Rome, graduated in agriculture and genetics, he entered the Superior Institute of Health in 1950, founding a department of Microbiological Genetics. He became professor of genetics at the University of Camerino, then at the University of Palermo in 1965, and finally moved to the University of Perugia in 1970, where he was emeritus professor and managed the Genetics Institute of the University from 1974. From 1970–1971 he presided over the Associazione Genetica Italiana.[4]

He was the discoverer of the

AIDS denial conference in Bologna where he spoke on the damages of campaigning against AIDS rather than HIV.[5]

Publishing

In 1971 Sermonti published Il Crepuscolo dello Scientismo (in English The Twilight of Scientism), a

Rivista di Biologia-Biology Forum
.

Between 1986 and 1989 Sermonti produced three books on the

process structuralism
.

Philosophical perspectives

An acknowledged critic of Neo-Darwinian theory,

John Paul II's 1996 statement on evolution, but Sermonti did not describe himself as either a Roman Catholic or a creationist.[7]

Sermonti was often engaged in discussions of the processes and limits of current evolutionary theory, whether it be Neo-Darwinism or Process Structuralism with both a broad range of scientists, philosophers and theists. He was one of the signatories of the Discovery Institute's "

A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism", a petition which the intelligent design movement uses to promote intelligent design by attempting to cast doubt on evolution. Sermonti did not deny, nor doubt evolution. He merely that the Neo-Darwinian model was not an adequate or complete form of explanation for evolution, and consequently was deserving of more rigorous critique by those studying evolution.[8][9] Sermonti attended the Kansas evolution hearings with the Discovery Institute in 2005 but no transcript of his testimony exists as the court reporter could not understand what he was saying due to his strong Italian accent.[10] His book Dimenticare Darwin (Forgetting Darwin) was published in 2003 and was translated into English as Why Is a Fly Not a Horse?[11] which was published by the Discovery Institute and edited by Jonathan Wells. In the book, he denies being a creationist, saying that "For the reservations I harbor about Evolutionism, I have been accused of being a Creationist. I am not: if I am allowed, I would only aspire to being a creature".[12]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ "Sermonti, lo scienziato senza "anello mancante"". lanuovabq.it.
  2. ^ "Elezioni SIAE: Lista Num. 4 "Autori italiani" - Sezione DOR". Archived from the original on 2018-12-25. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  3. ^ "Giuseppe Sermonti". www.lindau.it.
  4. ^ KSDE.org[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Alternative AIDS Conference:Bologna Italy". Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
  6. ^ Fuso, Silvano (May 11, 2002). Antidarwinism in Italy. CICAP. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
  7. ^ "The Pope accepts Evolution! October 22, 1996". www.bible.ca. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  8. ^ Kenneth Chang (2006-02-21). "Few Biologists but Many Evangelicals Sign Anti-Evolution Petition". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  9. ^ "Signatories of 'A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism'" (PDF). The Discovery Institute. April 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  10. ^ "Kansas Evolution Hearings: Jonathan Wells, Bruce Simat, Giuseppe Sermonti, and Ralph Seelke". www.talkorigins.org.
  11. ^ Andrea Bottaro, Of Form over Substance: a review of Sermonti Archived 2006-09-09 at the Wayback Machine, Panda's Thumb June 19, 2005 and http://ncse.com/rncse/25/3-4/review-why-is-fly-not-horse
  12. ISBN 978-0-9638654-8-9
    .

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