03860nam 2200997 a 450 991080969880332120240516094246.01-283-37355-697866133735570-520-95166-210.1525/9780520951662(CKB)2670000000133068(EBL)827646(OCoLC)769343147(SSID)ssj0000571357(PQKBManifestationID)11366903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000571357(PQKBWorkID)10619524(PQKB)10227974(MiAaPQ)EBC827646(DE-B1597)520715(OCoLC)778432266(DE-B1597)9780520951662(Au-PeEL)EBL827646(CaPaEBR)ebr10521961(CaONFJC)MIL337355(EXLCZ)99267000000013306820110613d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe three failures of creationism logic, rhetoric, and science /Walter M. Fitch1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20121 online resource (194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27053-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Logic, logical fallacies, and rhetoric -- The basics -- Some simple math and statistics -- "Young-earth" creationism.Walter M. Fitch, a pioneer in the study of molecular evolution, has written this cogent overview of why creationism fails with respect to all the fundamentals of scientific inquiry. He explains the basics of logic and rhetoric at the heart of scientific thinking, shows what a logical syllogism is, and tells how one can detect that an argument is logically fallacious, and therefore invalid, or even duplicitous. Fitch takes his readers through the arguments used by creationists to question the science of evolution. He clearly delineates the fallacies in logic that characterize creationist thinking, and explores the basic statistics that creationists tend to ignore, including elementary genetics, the age of the Earth, and fossil dating. His book gives readers the tools they need for detecting and disassembling the ideas most frequently repeated by creationists.CreationismReligion and scienceLogicEvolution (Biology)Faith and reasonbeginning of earth.beginning of mankind.big bang theory.biology and anthropology.charles darwin.creation of earth.creationist thinking.ecology.evolution and creationism.evolution and genetics.evolutionary science.evolutionary theory.existence of god.fossil dating.genes and evolution.god and science.human biology.human genetics.mendelian genetics.natural selection.religion and evolution.science and christianity.science and logic.science and religion.science of evolution.Creationism.Religion and science.Logic.Evolution (Biology)Faith and reason.231.7/652Fitch Walter M.1929-2011.1593140MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809698803321The three failures of creationism4097929UNINA