Debating design : from Darwin to DNA / edited by William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse.
| Call Number | 576.8 |
| Title | Debating design : from Darwin to DNA / edited by William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xiii, 405 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction. General introduction / The argument from design : a brief history / Who's afraid of ID? : a survey of the intelligent design movement / pt. I: 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 / pt. II: 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 / pt. III: 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 / pt. IV: 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 / |
| Summary | In this book, first published in 2004, William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide 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-organisation, theistic evolution, and 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. |
| Added Author | Dembski, William A., 1960- editor. Ruse, Michael, editor. Design and its Critics (2000 : Mequon, Wisconsin) |
| Subject | Evolution (Biology) Philosophy Congresses. Intelligent design (Teleology) Congresses. Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects Christianity Congresses. Self-organizing systems Congresses. |
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| Summary | In this book, first published in 2004, William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide 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-organisation, theistic evolution, and 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. |
| Notes | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Contents | Introduction. General introduction / The argument from design : a brief history / Who's afraid of ID? : a survey of the intelligent design movement / pt. I: 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 / pt. II: 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 / pt. III: 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 / pt. IV: 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 / |
| Subject | Evolution (Biology) Philosophy Congresses. Intelligent design (Teleology) Congresses. Evolution (Biology) Religious aspects Christianity Congresses. Self-organizing systems Congresses. |
| Multimedia |