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Debating Design - From Darwin to DNA (Paperback)
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Debating Design - From Darwin to DNA (Paperback)
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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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