Debating Design
From Darwin to DNA
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- William A. Dembski, Baylor University, Texas
- Michael Ruse, Florida State University
- Date Published: November 2007
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William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide here a comprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins--a controversial dialectic since Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been "design." Is the appearance of design in organisms (as exhibited in their functional complexity) the result of purely natural forces acting without prevision or teleology? Or, does the appearance of design signify genuine prevision and teleology, and, if so, is that design empirically detectable and thus open to scientific inquiry? Four main positions have emerged in response to these questions: *Darwinism* *self-organization* *theistic evolution* *intelligent design*. The contributors to this volume define their respective positions in an accessible style, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions. Two introductory essays furnish a historical overview of the debate. William A. Dembski is an associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University as well as a senior fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute. His most important books are The Design Inference Cambridge, 1998) and No Free Lunch (Rowman and Littleton, 2002). Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Wekmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of many books, including Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religion (Cambridge, 2000).
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- Date Published: November 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521709903
- length: 422 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 153 x 26 mm
- weight: 0.57kg
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Table of Contents
Introduction: General introduction William Dembski and Michael Ruse
The argument from design: a brief history Michael Ruse
Who's afraid of ID? A survey of the intelligent design movement Angus Menuge
Part I. Darwinism:
1. Design with designer: Darwin's greatest discovery Francisco Ayala
2. The flagellum unspun: the collapse of 'irreducible complexity' Kenneth Miller
3. The design argument Elliott Sober
4. DNA by design? Stephen Meyer and the return of the god hypothesis Robert Pennock
Part II. Complex Self-Organization:
5. Prolegomenon to a general biology Stuart Kauffman
6. Darwinism, design and complex systems dynamics David Depew and Bruce Weber
7. Emergent complexity, teleology, and the arrow of time Paul Davies
8. The emergence of biological value James Barham
Part III. Theistic Evolution:
9. Darwin, design and divine providence John Haught
10. The inbuilt potentiality of creation John Polkinghorne
11. Theistic evolution Keith Ward
12. Intelligent design: some geological, historical and theological questions Michael Roberts
13. The argument from laws of nature reassessed Richard Swinburne
Part IV. Intelligent Design:
14. The logical underpinnings of intelligent design William Dembski
15. Information, entropy and the origin of life Walter Bradley
16. Irreducible complexity: obstacle to Darwinian evolution Michael Behe
17. The Cambrian information explosion: evidence for intelligent design Stephen Meyer.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Evolution and Creationism
- God, Death and the Meaning of Life
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