Intelligent design creationism and its critics : philosophical, theological, and scientific perspectives / / edited by Robert T. Pennock

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (826 p.)
• Disciplina: 231.7/652
• Soggetto topico: Creationism; Evolution (Biology); Evolution (Biology) - Religious aspects - Christianity; Religion and science; Science - Philosophy
• Altri autori: PennockRobert T
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- I - Intelligent Design Creationism's "Wedge Strategy -- 1 - The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and Academic Mainstream -- II - Johnson's Critique of Evolutionary Naturalism -- 2 - Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism -- 3 - Naturalism, Evidence, and Creationism: The Case of Phillip Johnson -- 4 - Response to Pennock -- 5 - Reply: Johnson's Reason in the Balance -- III - A Theological Conflict? Evolution vs. the Bible -- 6 - When Faith and Reason Clash: Evolution and the Bible -- 7 - When Faith and Reason Cooperate -- 8 - Plantinga's Defense of Special Creation -- 9 - Evolution, Neutrality, and Antecedent Probability: A Reply to McMullin and Van Till -- IV - Intelligent Design's Scientific Claims -- 10 - Molecular Machines: Experimental Support for the Design Inference -- 11 - Born-Again Creationism -- 12 - Biology Remystified: The Scientific Claims of the New Creationists -- V - Plantinga's Critique of Naturalism and Evolution -- 13 - Methodological Naturalism? -- 14 - Methodological Naturalism under Attack -- 15 - Plantinga's Case against Naturalistic Epistemology -- 16 - Plantinga's Probability Arguments against Evolutionary Naturalism -- VI - Intelligent Design Creationism vs. Theistic Evolutionism -- 17 - Creator or Blind Watchmaker? -- 18 - Phillip Johnson on Trial: A Critique of His Critique of Darwin -- 19 - Welcoming the "Disguised Friend" - Darwinism and Divinity -- 20 - The Creation: Intelligently Designed or Optimally Equipped? -- 21 - Is Theism Compatible with Evolution? -- VII - Intelligent Design and Information -- 22 - Is Genetic Information Irreducible? -- 23 - Reply to Phillip Johnson -- 24 - Reply to Johnson -- 25 - Intelligent Design as a Theory of Information. ; 26 - Information and the Argument from Design -- 27 - How Not to Detect Design - Critical Notice: William A. Dembski, The Design Inference -- 28 - The "Information Challenge -- VIII - Intelligent Design Theorists Turn the Tables -- 29 - Who's Got the Magic? -- 30 - The Wizards of ID: Reply to Dembski -- 31 - The Panda's Thumb -- 32 - The Role of Theology in Current Evolutionary Reasoning -- 33 - Appealing to Ignorance Behind the Cloak of Ambiguity -- 34 - Nonoverlapping Magisteria -- IX - Creationism and Education -- 35 - Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools -- 36 - Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal -- 37 - Reply to Plantinga's "Modest Proposal -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The last decade saw the arrival of a new player in the creation/evolution debate--the intelligent design creationism (IDC) movement, whose strategy is to act as "the wedge" to overturn Darwinism and scientific naturalism. This anthology of writings by prominent creationists and their critics focuses on what is novel about the new movement. It serves as a companion to Robert Pennock's Tower of Babel, in which he criticizes the wedge movement, as well as other new varieties of creationism. The book contains articles previously published in specialized, hard-to-find journals, as well as new contributions. Each section contains introductory background information, articles by influential creationists and their critics, and in some cases responses by the creationists. The discussions cover IDC as a political movement, IDC's philosophical attack on evolution, the theological debate over the apparent conflict between evolution and the Bible, IDC's scientific claims, and philosopher Alvin Plantinga's critique of naturalism and evolution. The book concludes with Pennock's "Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools."
• Titolo autorizzato: Intelligent design creationism and its critics
• ISBN: 1-282-10088-2; 9786612100888; 0-262-28137-6; 0-585-44263-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974338303321
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