The intricate forms of living things bespeak design, and thus a
creator: nearly 150 years after Darwin's theory of natural
selection called this argument into question, we still speak of
life in terms of design--the function of the eye, the purpose of
the webbed foot, the design of the fins. Why is the "argument from
design" so tenacious, and does Darwinism--itself still evolving
after all these years--necessarily undo it?
The definitive work on these contentious questions, "Darwin and
Design" surveys the argument from design from its introduction by
the Greeks, through the coming of Darwinism, down to the present
day. In clear, non-technical language Michael Ruse, a well-known
authority on the history and philosophy of Darwinism, offers a full
and fair assessment of the status of the argument from design in
light of both the advances of modern evolutionary biology and the
thinking of today's philosophers--with special attention given to
the supporters and critics of "intelligent design."
The first comprehensive history and exposition of Western
thought about design in the natural world, this important work
suggests directions for our thinking as we move into the
twenty-first century. A thoroughgoing guide to a perennially
controversial issue, the book makes its own substantial
contribution to the ongoing debate about the relationship between
science and religion, and between evolution and its religious
critics.
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