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The Footprints of the Atoms
A New Paradigm for the Origin of Life
Alfredo Archilla
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The Footprints of the Atoms
A New Paradigm for the Origin of Life
Alfredo Archilla
About This Book
This book presents a new paradigm for the origin of Life on Earth by introducing the atomic definition of life and comparing it to the traditional organic meaning of life.
It searches for the carbon-based origin of life, makes a detailed logical evaluation of the Intelligent Design hypothesis, and explains why it is a valid scientific hypothesis that needs an improved argument.
It challenges the random environmental condition of the abiogenesis hypotheses as a viable one to explain the presence of the carbon-based cell compared to the biogenesis reproduction process.
It introduces a new definition for the information concept to support two deductive reasoning arguments that infer the past existence of an intelligent entity as the responsible cause for the emergence of carbon-based cells and their genetic information.
Amongst other topics, it discusses in detail the practical use of Karl Popper's falsifiability concept. It introduces a new definition of existence to help us find Bertrand Russell's teapot orbiting between Earth and Mars and demystify the wrong notion that we cannot prove a negative. It also explains why the Explanatory Power of a hypothesis used in the philosophy of science is not a practical comparison tool for choosing the best possible explanation between competing hypotheses.
Finally, it reviews evolution's vital role as a cause in the same line of actions as the emergence of the carbon-based cell for the presence and complexity of Earth's carbon-based living entities. And ultimately challenges future generations to look for the origins of life at the atomic level in the structure and functionality of the carbon-based cells.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: About the Origin of Life
- Chapter 2: What is the ID Proposition?
- Chapter 3: What is the ID Hypothesis?
- Chapter 4: Is the ID hypothesis science?
- Chapter 5: Is the ID hypothesis scientific?
- Chapter 6: Inferred ID Argument
- Chapter 7: Is the Inferred ID Argument Valid?
- Chapter 8: Is the ID Hypothesis False?
- Chapter 9: In Search of the Truth
- Chapter 10: Testing a Theory False
- Chapter 11: Falsifying a Hypothesis
- Chapter 12: The Paradigm Shift of Existence
- Chapter 13: Testing a Historical Event Hypothesis
- Chapter 14: Comparing Competing Hypotheses
- Chapter 15: Is the ID hypothesis a theory?
- Chapter 16: The Paradigm Shift of Information
- Chapter 17: An Alternate Argument for the Origin of the DNA Information
- Chapter 18: Genetic Information vs. the Cell
- Chapter 19: Can information alone create a new cell?
- Chapter 20: Genetic Information vs. Human Beings
- Chapter 21: Is the cell processing information?
- Chapter 22: An Argument for the Origin of the Carbon-Based Cell
- Chapter 23: From Matter to Life
- Chapter 24: Back to the Origin of Life
- Epilogue
- Important Definitions
- Logic 101
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Endnotes