Debating Design From Darwin to DNA

Name: Debating Design From Darwin to DNA
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ISBN: 9780521709903

ISBN-10: 0521709903

ISBN-13: 9780521709903

Edition: 2008

Authors: William A. Dembski, Robert J. Richards

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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*…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 422
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.254

Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Florida State University. The author of many books, including The Philosophy of Biology and Taking Darwin Seriously, he is also the founder and editor of the journal Biology and Philosophy. He has appeared on "Quirks and Quarks" and the Discovery Channel.



Notes on Contributors


Introduction



General Introduction




The Argument from Design: A Brief History




Who's Afraid of ID? A Survey of the Intelligent Design Movement




Darwinism



Design without Designer: Darwin's Greatest Discovery




The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of "Irreducible Complexity"




The Design Argument




DNA by Design? Stephen Meyer and the Return of the God Hypothesis




Complex Self-Organization



Prolegomenon to a General Biology




Darwinism, Design, and Complex Systems Dynamics




Emergent Complexity, Teleology, and the Arrow of Time




The Emergence of Biological Value




Theistic Evolution



Darwin, Design, and Divine Providence




The Inbuilt Potentiality of Creation




Theistic Evolution




Intelligent Design: Some Geological, Historical, and Theological Questions




The Argument from Laws of Nature Reassessed




Intelligent Design



The Logical Underpinnings of Intelligent Design




Information, Entropy, and the Origin of Life




Irreducible Complexity: Obstacle to Darwinian Evolution




The Cambrian Information Explosion: Evidence for Intelligent Design



Index