Doubting Darwin? : creationist designs on evolution / / Sahotra Sarkar
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| Autore: |
Sarkar Sahotra
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| Titolo: |
Doubting Darwin? : creationist designs on evolution / / Sahotra Sarkar
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2007 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 231.7/652 |
| Soggetto topico: | Creationism |
| Intelligent design (Teleology) | |
| Evolution (Biology) | |
| Evolution - Religious aspects | |
| Religion and science | |
| Classificazione: | 42.21 |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-207) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- The legacy of Darwin and Wallace -- The argument from design -- Mere evolution -- The cost of lunch -- Complexity is complicated -- Questions of information -- Cosmic coincidences -- Naturalism and its discontents -- Conclusions. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Intellig |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Doubting Darwin |
| ISBN: | 9786610932665 |
| 9781280932663 | |
| 128093266X | |
| 9781405181501 | |
| 1405181508 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910970712603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blackwell public philosophy.