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Debating Design : From Darwin to DNA

Name: Debating Design : From Darwin to DNA
Author: William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse
ISBN: 9780521709903

by William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse

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Overview

William Dembski, Michael Ruse, and other prominent philosophers provide here a comprehensive, balanced overview of the debate concerning biological origins - a controversial dialectic since Darwin published The Origin of Species in 1859. Invariably, the source of controversy has been "design." Is the appearance of design in organisms (as exhibited in their functional complexity) the result of purely natural forces acting without prevision or teleology? Or, does the appearance of design signify genuine prevision and teleology, and, if so, that design empirically detectable and thus open to scientific inquiry? Four main positions have emerged in response to these questions: Darwinism, self-organization, theistic evolution, and intelligent design. The contributors to this volume define their respective positions in an accessible style, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions. Two introduction essays furnish a historical overview of the debate.

About the Author, William A. Dembski, Michael Ruse

William A. Dembski is an associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University as well as a senior fellow with Seattle's Discovery Institute. His most important books are The Design Inference (Cambridge University Press, 1998) and No Free Lunch (2002).

Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Wekmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of many books, including Darwinism and Its Discontents (Cambridge University Press, 2006).