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Scientists confront creationism : intelligent design and beyond
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Scientists confront creationism : intelligent design and beyond

Author: Andrew J Petto; Laurie R Godfrey
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2007.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A collection of essays which address the scientific evidence for evolution and how society can prevent a theological takeover of public and scientific institutions.

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Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism.
Scientists confront creationism.
New York : W.W. Norton, c2007
(OCoLC)623085535
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew J Petto; Laurie R Godfrey
ISBN: 9780393330731 0393330737
OCLC Number: 173480577
Notes: Originally published as: Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism. 2007.
Description: 463 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Preface: Why we did it again / Laurie R. Godfrey & Andrew J. Petto --
Introduction: The Problems with creationism / Massimo Pigliucci --
Part one: Creationism and "intelligent design" --
Darwinism, creationism, and 'intelligent design" / Ronald L. Numbers --
Creation science lite: "intelligent design" as the new anti-evolutionism / Eugenie C. Scott --
Wielding the wedge: keeping anti-evolutionism alive / John R. Cole --
Part two: Scientific perspectives --
Physics, cosmology, and the new creationism / Victor J. Stenger --
The Ages of the earth, solar system, galaxy, and the universe / G. Brent Dalrymple --
Creationism and the origin of life: did it all begin in a "warm little pond"? / Antonio Lazcano --
"Transitional forms" versus transitional features / Kevin Padian & Kenneth D. Angielczyk --
Biological complexity / Robert Dorit --
Logic and math turn to smoke and mirrors: William Dembski's "design interference" / Wesley R. Elsberry --
Human emergence: natural process or divine creation? / C. Loring Bruce --
Part three: Understanding science --
God of the gaps: the argument from ignorance and the limits of methodological naturalism / Robert T. Pennock --
Is evolution "only a theory"? scientific methodologies and evolutionary biology / Norman A. Johnson --
The Invisible Bible: the logic of creation science / J. Michael Plavcan --
Why target evolution? the problem of authority / Alice beck Kehoe --
Why teach evolution? / Andrew J. Petto & Laurie R. Godfrey.
Other Titles: Scientists confront intelligent design and creationism.
Responsibility: edited by Andrew J. Petto and Laurie R. Godfrey.
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