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Phillip E. Johnson: Works, Career, Science & Cultures

Phillip E. Johnson (June 18, 1940 – November 2, 2019) was an American legal scholar and authority on criminal law who was the Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-founded the Center for Science and Culture (CSC) at the Discovery Institute and was one of the leaders of the intelligent design movement, along…

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Phillip E. Johnson topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Career, Science and Cultures as prominent areas in the source structure around Phillip E. Johnson. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
88
Source areas
6
Connected nodes
95
Extracted relationships
57
Concept neighborhoods
45
Bridge connections
95

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Intelligent design · 37 topics
Views · 20 topics
Early life and education · 18 topics
Overview · 7 topics
Academic career · 5 topics
Personal life and death · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Known for
Advocacy of intelligent design
Notable work
Darwin on Trial (1991)
Education
Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)
Born
(1940-06-18)June 18, 1940 Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
Died
November 2, 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 79) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupations
Law professor · author

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Early life and education

Academic career

Views

Intelligent design

Personal life and death

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Phillip E. Johnson connects Entity context

The extracted context around Phillip E. Johnson shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Phillip E. Johnson → AIDS, Archived July, Articles, Bill Hamilton, Blind Watchmaker, Christian, Dangerously Insane Crackpot, From Crackpot, HIV, ISSN, Jim Lippard, Johnson, Journal, July, Keith, Kevin, Lean Left, Mere Christianity, Naturalism, Origin Another extracted example is Phillip E. Johnson → Berkeley, Biola University, California, Christian, In, Johnson, Johnson Award, Liberty, November, Phillip, Truth. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Phillip E. Johnson

Top relations

related to External links · 36
Phillip E. Johnson → AIDS, Archived July, Articles, Bill Hamilton, Blind Watchmaker, Christian, Dangerously Insane Crackpot, From Crackpot, HIV, ISSN, Jim Lippard, Johnson, Journal, July, Keith, Kevin, Lean Left, Mere Christianity, Naturalism, Origin
related to Personal life and death · 11
Phillip E. Johnson → Berkeley, Biola University, California, Christian, In, Johnson, Johnson Award, Liberty, November, Phillip, Truth
Occupations · 2
Phillip E. Johnson → author, Law professor
Born · 1
Phillip E. Johnson → (1940-06-18)June 18, 1940 Aurora, Illinois, U.S.
Died · 1
Phillip E. Johnson → November 2, 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 79) Berkeley, California, U.S.
Education · 1
Phillip E. Johnson → Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)
Known for · 1
Phillip E. Johnson → Advocacy of intelligent design
Notable work · 1
Phillip E. Johnson → Darwin on Trial (1991)
Title · 1
Phillip E. Johnson → Jefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

johnson intelligent design science evolution law wedge university trial scientific movement darwin strategy school people book california discovery public professor

Phillip E. Johnson relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 57 structured relationships around Phillip E. Johnson. Examples in this analysis include Phillip E. Johnson → Born → (1940-06-18)June 18, 1940 Aurora, Illinois, U.S. and Phillip E. Johnson → Died → November 2, 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 79) Berkeley, California, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Phillip E. JohnsonBorn(1940-06-18)June 18, 1940 Aurora, Illinois, U.S.1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonDiedNovember 2, 2019(2019-11-02) (aged 79) Berkeley, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonEducationHarvard University (BA) University of Chicago (JD)1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonKnown forAdvocacy of intelligent design1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonNotable workDarwin on Trial (1991)1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonOccupationsLaw professor1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonOccupationsauthor1.00infobox
Phillip E. JohnsonTitleJefferson E. Peyser Professor of Law1.00infobox
PBS's Firing Lineinstance ofHe has appeared on various programs0.80text
a Nova episodeinstance ofHe has appeared on various programs0.80text
Phillip E. Johnsonrelated to External linksArticles0.60section
Phillip E. Johnsonrelated to External linksPhillip0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Phillip E. Johnson bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Design, Intelligent and Evolution. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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    • Intelligent
    • Evolution
    • Wedge
    • Law
    • University
    • Movement
    • Public
    • School
    • Strategy
    • Johnson's
    • Professor
  • phillip e. johnson
    • Design
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    • Evolution
    • Wedge
    • Law
    • University
    • Movement
    • Science
    • Public
    • School
    • Strategy
  • university of california, berkeley
    • Berkeley
    • California
    • Professor
    • Law
    • University
    • Public
    • School
    • Education
    • Darwinism
    • Truth
    • Wedge
    • Theory
  • intelligent design movement
    • Design
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    • Science
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    • Evolution
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  • university of chicago law school
    • University
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    • Controversy
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    • Truth
    • Naturalism
  • university of chicago law review
    • University
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    • California
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    • Truth
    • Naturalism
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  • yale law school
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    • Controversy
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  • university of california, berkeley, school of law
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    • Law
    • School
    • Public
    • Controversy
    • Teach
    • Education
    • Science
    • Darwinism

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Phillip E. Johnson, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Phillip E. Johnson with Intelligent design. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Phillip E. JohnsonIntelligent design · splits 58 ⟂ 38
Phillip E. JohnsonViews · splits 75 ⟂ 21
Phillip E. JohnsonEarly life and education · splits 77 ⟂ 19
Phillip E. JohnsonOverview · splits 88 ⟂ 8
Phillip E. JohnsonAcademic career · splits 90 ⟂ 6
Phillip E. JohnsonPersonal life and death · splits 93 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Phillip E. Johnson

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples57
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Phillip E. Johnson to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Career, Science & Cultures, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Phillip E. Johnson · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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