Doubting Darwin [[electronic resource] ] : Creationist Designs on Evolution |
Autore | Sakar Sahotra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 231.7652 |
Collana | Blackwell Public Philosophy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Creationism
Evolution - Religious aspects Evolution -- Religious aspects Evolution (Biology) Intelligent design (Teleology) Religion and science Creationism - Religious aspects Evolution Religion Philosophy & Religion Christianity |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-93266-X
9786610932665 1-4051-8150-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; The Central Argument; The Evidence for Evolution; Rejecting Theories; Plan of the Book; 2 The Legacy of Darwin and Wallace; The Theory of Natural Selection; "Absurd in the Highest Possible Degree"; Darwin's Unfortunate Retreat; Wallace and Weismann; The Decline of Darwinism; Mind and Culture; Contemporary Implications; 3 The Argument from Design; Adaptation and Design; Function, Design, and Selection; Blind Variation; Dembski's Resurrection; 4 Mere Evolution; Mendel's Legacy; The Modern Framework for Evolutionary Theory
Selectionism and NeutralismReconstructing the Past 26; Contemporary Debates; Terminological Choices; 5 The Cost of Lunch; Evolutionary Algorithms; The "No Free Lunch" Theorems; Dembski's Excitement; Utter Irrelevance; Adaptationism; Final Assessment; 6 Complexity is Complicated; Irreducible Complexity?; Pathways to ICSs; The Citric Acid Cycle; The Blood Clotting System; The Bacterial Flagellum; Protein Evolution; Irreducibility and Design; 7 Questions of Information; What is Biological Information?; Information and Evolution; Specified Complexity; The Law of Conservation of Information The Cambrian "Explosion"Taking Leave of Creation Biology; 8 Cosmic Coincidences; Physics and Biology; Anthropic Principles?; The Force of Improbability; A Cosmological Design Argument; Is Fine-Tuning Surprising?; A Concluding Note; 9 Naturalism and Its Discontents; What Naturalism Is; Nagel's Legacy; The Problem of Normativity; Creationist Critiques; Metaphysical Naturalism; 10 Conclusions; Critiques of Evolutionary Theory; Is ID Science?; Back to the Classroom; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451202103321 |
Sakar Sahotra
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Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Doubting Darwin [[electronic resource] ] : Creationist Designs on Evolution |
Autore | Sakar Sahotra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 231.7652 |
Collana | Blackwell Public Philosophy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Creationism
Evolution - Religious aspects Evolution -- Religious aspects Evolution (Biology) Intelligent design (Teleology) Religion and science Creationism - Religious aspects Evolution Religion Philosophy & Religion Christianity |
ISBN |
1-280-93266-X
9786610932665 1-4051-8150-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; The Central Argument; The Evidence for Evolution; Rejecting Theories; Plan of the Book; 2 The Legacy of Darwin and Wallace; The Theory of Natural Selection; "Absurd in the Highest Possible Degree"; Darwin's Unfortunate Retreat; Wallace and Weismann; The Decline of Darwinism; Mind and Culture; Contemporary Implications; 3 The Argument from Design; Adaptation and Design; Function, Design, and Selection; Blind Variation; Dembski's Resurrection; 4 Mere Evolution; Mendel's Legacy; The Modern Framework for Evolutionary Theory
Selectionism and NeutralismReconstructing the Past 26; Contemporary Debates; Terminological Choices; 5 The Cost of Lunch; Evolutionary Algorithms; The "No Free Lunch" Theorems; Dembski's Excitement; Utter Irrelevance; Adaptationism; Final Assessment; 6 Complexity is Complicated; Irreducible Complexity?; Pathways to ICSs; The Citric Acid Cycle; The Blood Clotting System; The Bacterial Flagellum; Protein Evolution; Irreducibility and Design; 7 Questions of Information; What is Biological Information?; Information and Evolution; Specified Complexity; The Law of Conservation of Information The Cambrian "Explosion"Taking Leave of Creation Biology; 8 Cosmic Coincidences; Physics and Biology; Anthropic Principles?; The Force of Improbability; A Cosmological Design Argument; Is Fine-Tuning Surprising?; A Concluding Note; 9 Naturalism and Its Discontents; What Naturalism Is; Nagel's Legacy; The Problem of Normativity; Creationist Critiques; Metaphysical Naturalism; 10 Conclusions; Critiques of Evolutionary Theory; Is ID Science?; Back to the Classroom; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784232103321 |
Sakar Sahotra
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Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Doubting Darwin [[electronic resource] ] : Creationist Designs on Evolution |
Autore | Sakar Sahotra |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 231.7652 |
Collana | Blackwell Public Philosophy Series |
Soggetto topico |
Creationism
Evolution - Religious aspects Evolution -- Religious aspects Evolution (Biology) Intelligent design (Teleology) Religion and science Creationism - Religious aspects Evolution Religion Philosophy & Religion Christianity |
ISBN |
1-280-93266-X
9786610932665 1-4051-8150-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; The Central Argument; The Evidence for Evolution; Rejecting Theories; Plan of the Book; 2 The Legacy of Darwin and Wallace; The Theory of Natural Selection; "Absurd in the Highest Possible Degree"; Darwin's Unfortunate Retreat; Wallace and Weismann; The Decline of Darwinism; Mind and Culture; Contemporary Implications; 3 The Argument from Design; Adaptation and Design; Function, Design, and Selection; Blind Variation; Dembski's Resurrection; 4 Mere Evolution; Mendel's Legacy; The Modern Framework for Evolutionary Theory
Selectionism and NeutralismReconstructing the Past 26; Contemporary Debates; Terminological Choices; 5 The Cost of Lunch; Evolutionary Algorithms; The "No Free Lunch" Theorems; Dembski's Excitement; Utter Irrelevance; Adaptationism; Final Assessment; 6 Complexity is Complicated; Irreducible Complexity?; Pathways to ICSs; The Citric Acid Cycle; The Blood Clotting System; The Bacterial Flagellum; Protein Evolution; Irreducibility and Design; 7 Questions of Information; What is Biological Information?; Information and Evolution; Specified Complexity; The Law of Conservation of Information The Cambrian "Explosion"Taking Leave of Creation Biology; 8 Cosmic Coincidences; Physics and Biology; Anthropic Principles?; The Force of Improbability; A Cosmological Design Argument; Is Fine-Tuning Surprising?; A Concluding Note; 9 Naturalism and Its Discontents; What Naturalism Is; Nagel's Legacy; The Problem of Normativity; Creationist Critiques; Metaphysical Naturalism; 10 Conclusions; Critiques of Evolutionary Theory; Is ID Science?; Back to the Classroom; Notes; References; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826640603321 |
Sakar Sahotra
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Hoboken, : Wiley, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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