Doubting Darwin?
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Doubting Darwin?

Creationist Designs on Evolution

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Doubting Darwin?

Creationist Designs on Evolution

About this book

Noted biologist and philosopher Sahotra Sarkar exposes the frauds and fallacies of Intelligent Design Theory, and its claim to be 'good science'.
  • A scientific and philosophical exploration of the debate between evolutionary theory and Intelligent Design in the classroom
  • Puts the debate into its scientific and historical context
  • Looks at a variety of topics, including the relation between Darwinism and modern evolutionary theory, the use of computer science and information theory by the creationists, and the idea of metaphysical naturalism
  • Rejects Intelligent Design's claim to legitimacy, showing clearly how and why it is an unsuitable alternative to evolutionary biology in the classroom
  • A thought-provoking book for those seeking to understand an intellectual debate that is shaping our education policies
  • Forms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy series

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9781405154901
eBook ISBN
9781405181501
Edition
1
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Figures
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1 Introduction
  5. The Central Argument
  6. The Evidence for Evolution
  7. Rejecting Theories
  8. Plan of the Book
  9. 2 The Legacy of Darwin and Wallace
  10. The Theory of Natural Selection
  11. “Absurd in the Highest Possible Degree”
  12. Darwin’s Unfortunate Retreat
  13. Wallace and Weismann
  14. The Decline of Darwinism
  15. Mind and Culture
  16. Contemporary Implications
  17. 3 The Argument from Design
  18. Adaptation and Design
  19. Function, Design, and Selection
  20. Blind Variation
  21. Dembski’s Resurrection
  22. 4 Mere Evolution
  23. Mendel’s Legacy
  24. The Modern Framework for Evolutionary Theory
  25. Selectionism and Neutralism
  26. Reconstructing the Past 26
  27. Contemporary Debates
  28. Terminological Choices
  29. 5 The Cost of Lunch
  30. Evolutionary Algorithms
  31. The “No Free Lunch” Theorems
  32. Dembski’s Excitement
  33. Utter Irrelevance
  34. Adaptationism
  35. Final Assessment
  36. 6 Complexity is Complicated
  37. Irreducible Complexity?
  38. Pathways to ICSs
  39. The Citric Acid Cycle
  40. The Blood Clotting System
  41. The Bacterial Flagellum
  42. Protein Evolution
  43. Irreducibility and Design
  44. 7 Questions of Information
  45. What is Biological Information?
  46. Information and Evolution
  47. Specified Complexity
  48. The Law of Conservation of Information
  49. The Cambrian “Explosion”
  50. Taking Leave of Creation Biology
  51. 8 Cosmic Coincidences
  52. Physics and Biology
  53. Anthropic Principles?
  54. The Force of Improbability
  55. A Cosmological Design Argument
  56. Is Fine-Tuning Surprising?
  57. A Concluding Note
  58. 9 Naturalism and Its Discontents
  59. What Naturalism Is
  60. Nagel’s Legacy
  61. The Problem of Normativity
  62. Creationist Critiques
  63. Metaphysical Naturalism
  64. 10 Conclusions
  65. Critiques of Evolutionary Theory
  66. Is ID Science?
  67. Back to the Classroom
  68. Notes
  69. References
  70. Index