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Abstract Jeffrey Koperski claims in Zygon (2008) that critics of Intelligent Design engage in fallacious ad hominem attacks on ID proponents and that this is a “bad way” to engage them. I show that Koperski has made several errors in his evaluation of the ID critics. He does not distinguish legitimate, relevant ad hominem arguments from fallacious ad hominem attacks. He conflates (or equates) the logical use of valid with the colloquial use of valid. Moreover, Koperski doesn't take seriously the (...) legitimate concerns of the ID critics, and in doing so, commits the straw man fallacy. In the end, I show that no one disagrees with the criticism of improper use of fallacies as methods of evaluation. But what constitutes proper, relevant evaluation of the ID theorists and their motivation is a matter of dispute. And sometimes attacking a person as a method of evaluation is justified, and thus is not fallacious. The definition of ad hominem arguments as either a “good way” or a “bad way” rests on justification, which I argue ID opponents have. The basis for these good objections relies on the motivation many Christians have to share their faith with non-Christians, which they call the “great commission.”. (shrink)

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I offer and defend methods for fair and principled grade exempting (dropping low grades) from the final grade calculation of undergraduate courses. I begin by addressing Daryl Close’s prohibition of such grade exempting from his article “Fair Grades” (2009) and then identify the types of courses and practices that may employ fair and principled grade exempting. I conclude with objections, replies, and the final view that grade exempting can be fair, principled, and consistent with Close’s overarching grading model: the purpose (...) of grading as an “information process concerning the mastery of course content.”. (shrink)

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