Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA
Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA
by William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse
Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA
By William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 424
Publication Date: 2007-11-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521709903
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521709903
Binding: Paperback
Book Description:
WilliamDembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide here acomprehensive balanced overview of the debate concerning biologicalorigins--a controversial dialectic since Darwin published The Origin ofSpecies in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been"design." Is the appearance of design in organisms (as exhibited intheir functional complexity) the result of purely natural forces actingwithout prevision or teleology? Or, does the appearance of designsignify genuine prevision and teleology, and, if so, is that designempirically detectable and thus open to scientific inquiry? Four mainpositions have emerged in response to these questions: *Darwinism**self-organization* *theistic evolution* *intelligent design*. Thecontributors to this volume define their respective positions in anaccessible style, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions. Twointroductory essays furnish a historical overview of the debate.William A. Dembski is an associate research professor in the conceptualfoundations of science at Baylor University as well as a senior fellowwith Seattle's Discovery Institute. His most important books are TheDesign Inference Cambridge, 1998) and No Free Lunch (Rowman andLittleton, 2002). Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Wekmeister Professor ofPhilosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of many books,including Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship BetweenScience and Religion (Cambridge, 2000).
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