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"Although the scientific illegitimacy of supernatural design is typically asserted with enormous confidence and vigor, there has been surprisingly little actual work on such key foundational issues as even what design is and on specific criteria for assessing its legitimacy, or lack, as a scientific concept. However, intelligent supernatural design is again surfacing in discussions both of anthropic principles and of certain types of biological complexity. This book develops a definition of design, explicates the more specific concept of supernatural design, defends a general criterion for scientific legitimacy, and argues that in some cases the concept of intelligent supernatural design can meet the relevant requirements for scientific legitimacy."--Jacket.
Religion and science. --- God --- Religion and science --- Religion --- Religion - General --- Philosophy & Religion --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Theism --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science --- Science and religion --- Teleological argument --- Teleology --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Proof, Teleological. --- Proof, Teleological --- Religious aspects
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Universes discusses the alleged evidence of fine tuning; mechanisms by which a varied set of Universes might be generated, and whether belief in God could be preferable to accepting universes in vast numbers.
Cosmology. --- God. --- Philosophy of nature. --- Teleology. --- Cosmology --- God --- Teleology --- Design in natural phenomena, Study of --- Final cause --- Philosophy --- Causation --- Evolution --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Astronomy --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Teleological argument --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Proof, Teleological --- Proof, Teleological. --- Cosmologie --- Dieu --- Finalité --- Existence --- Preuve téléologique --- Philosophy of nature --- God - Proof, Teleological.
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Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Creationism. --- Evolution. --- Philosophy --- Creation --- Emergence (Philosophy) --- Teleology --- Creation science --- Scientific creationism --- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy --- Bible and evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Design, Intelligent (Teleology) --- Natural theology --- Philosophy of nature --- Creationism --- God --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Proof, Teleological
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With his extraordinary command over English and his ability to transmit ideas clearly, Meynell takes on the concept of atheism and what he labels as Schleiermacher's cultured 'despisers of religion'. He argues that the concept of God is a rational belief and that the awareness of divinity illuminates the path for science. Not only does Meynell defend the existence of God, but also Christianity itself. He describes it as a form of dispensation to meet our human condition which acts as a substitute to the atheistic materialist alternative. Meynell adds that there is much to be learned from other
Apologetics. --- Christianity and atheism. --- God -- Proof, Moral. --- God -- Proof, Teleological. --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion). --- Apologetics --- Christianity and atheism --- Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) --- God --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Theism --- Epistemology, Religious --- Religious epistemology --- Religious knowledge, Theory of --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Atheism and Christianity --- Atheism --- Apologetics, Missionary --- Christian evidences --- Evidences, Christian --- Evidences of Christianity --- Fundamental theology --- Polemics (Theology) --- Theology, Fundamental --- Religious thought --- Theology --- Proof, Teleological --- Proof, Moral --- Philosophy --- Evidences
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God and Goodness presents a fresh approach, arguing that the goodness of the world echoes the goodness of its source. It makes a case for supposing that the world exists because it is good that it should exist.
God --- Theodicy. --- Faith. --- Religious belief --- Theological belief --- Belief and doubt --- Religion --- Salvation --- Theological virtues --- Trust in God --- Evil, Problem of (Theology) --- Permissive will of God --- Problem of evil (Theology) --- Good and evil --- Teleological argument --- Teleology --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Proof, Teleological. --- Permissive will --- Will, Permissive
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Scientific accounts of existence give chance a central role. At the smallest level, quantum theory involves uncertainty and evolution is driven by chance and necessity. These ideas do not fit easily with theology in which chance has been seen as the enemy of purpose. One option is to argue, as proponents of Intelligent Design do, that chance is not real and can be replaced by the work of a Designer. Others adhere to a deterministic theology in which God is in total control. Neither of these views, it is argued, does justice to the complexity of nature or the greatness of God. The thesis of this book is that chance is neither unreal nor non-existent but an integral part of God's creation. This view is expounded, illustrated and defended by drawing on the resources of probability theory and numerous examples from the natural and social worlds.
Natural theology --- Chance --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Providence and government of God --- 215 --- 231.51 --- God --- Fortune --- Necessity (Philosophy) --- Probabilities --- 231.51 De Deo creatore. Schepping --- De Deo creatore. Schepping --- Design, Intelligent (Teleology) --- Philosophy of nature --- Teleology --- Creationism --- Godsdienst en wetenschap --- Providence and government --- Sovereignty --- Proof, Teleological --- Providence and government of God. --- Chance. --- Arts and Humanities --- Philosophy
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This interesting book reviews WMAP's main results (2003) and discusses in detail how the accurate qualitative results for the "age" of the universe and the Hubble constant were anticipated in an article published five years before in Acta Cosmologica, Krakow. In the final chapter on "Cosmic Numbers", it is shown that, as a result of the coincidence at decoupling time between atom formation and matter/radiation equality, a reasonable cosmic justification for the mass ratio of protons and electrons is obtained.
Cosmology. --- Astrophysics. --- Cosmic physics. --- Cosmic background radiation. --- Big bang theory. --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Design, Intelligent (Teleology) --- Natural theology --- Philosophy of nature --- Teleology --- Creationism --- God --- Big bang cosmology --- Superdense theory --- Cosmogony --- Cosmology --- Expanding universe --- Background radiation, Cosmic --- Cosmic microwave background --- Cosmic microwave radiation --- Microwave background --- Extraterrestrial radiation --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Deism --- Metaphysics --- Proof, Teleological --- Cosmic Background Explorer (Satellite) --- COBE (Satellite)
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Who should decide what children are taught in school? This question lies at the heart of the evolution-creation wars that have become a regular feature of the US political landscape. Ever since the 1925 Scopes 'monkey trial' many have argued that the people should decide by majority rule and through political institutions; others variously point to the federal courts, educational experts, or scientists as the ideal arbiter. Berkman and Plutzer illuminate who really controls the nation's classrooms. Based on their innovative survey of 926 high school biology teachers they show that the real power lies with individual educators who make critical decisions in their own classrooms. Broad teacher discretion sometimes leads to excellent instruction in evolution. But the authors also find evidence of strong creationist tendencies in America's public high schools. More generally, they find evidence of a systematic undermining of science and the scientific method in many classrooms.
Evolution --- Creationism --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Créationisme --- Dessein intelligent --- Study and teaching (Primary) --- Etude et enseignement (Primaire) --- 213 --- Schepping. Emanatisme. Evolutionisme. Creationisme. Eeuwigheid van de wereld --- Créationisme --- Human evolution --- Design, Intelligent (Teleology) --- Creation science --- Scientific creationism --- Natural theology --- Philosophy of nature --- Teleology --- God --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Modernist-fundamentalist controversy --- Bible and evolution --- Creation --- Proof, Teleological --- Origin --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Social Sciences --- Political Science
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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, is 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* *intelligent design*. The contributors to this volume define their respective positions in an accessible style, inviting readers to draw their own conclusions. Two introductory essays furnish a historical overview of the debate. 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, 1998) and No Free Lunch (Rowman and Littleton, 2002). Michael Ruse is Lucyle T. Wekmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. He is the author of many books, including Can a Darwinian Be a Christian?: The Relationship Between Science and Religion (Cambridge, 2000).
Evolution (Biology) --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Self-organizing systems --- Philosophy --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Design, Intelligent (Teleology) --- Natural theology --- Philosophy of nature --- Teleology --- Creationism --- God --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Evolution --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- Proof, Teleological --- Congresses --- Arts and Humanities --- Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy - Congresses. --- Intelligent design (Teleology) - Congresses. --- Evolution (Biology) - Religious aspects - Christianity - Congresses. --- Self-organizing systems - Congresses
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The world is configured in ways that seem systematically hospitable to life forms, especially the human race. Is this the outcome of divine planning or simply of the laws of physics? Ancient Greeks and Romans famously disagreed on whether the cosmos was the product of design or accident. In this book, David Sedley examines this question and illuminates new historical perspectives on the pantheon of thinkers who laid the foundations of Western philosophy and science. Versions of what we call the "creationist" option were widely favored by the major thinkers of classical antiquity, including Plato, whose ideas on the subject prepared the ground for Aristotle's celebrated teleology. But Aristotle aligned himself with the anti-creationist lobby, whose most militant members--the atomists--sought to show how a world just like ours would form inevitably by sheer accident, given only the infinity of space and matter. This stimulating study explores seven major thinkers and philosophical movements enmeshed in the debate: Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Socrates, Plato, the atomists, Aristotle, and the Stoics.
Philosophy, Ancient. --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Ancient philosophy --- Greek philosophy --- Philosophy, Greek --- Philosophy, Roman --- Roman philosophy --- Design, Intelligent (Teleology) --- Natural theology --- Philosophy of nature --- Teleology --- Creationism --- God --- Proof, Teleological --- Philosophy, Ancient --- accident. --- anaxagoras. --- ancient greek. --- ancient rome. --- anti creationist. --- antiquity. --- aristotle. --- classical antiquity. --- classical world. --- controversial. --- controversy. --- cosmos. --- creationism. --- creationist. --- disagreement. --- divine. --- empedocles. --- famous philosopher. --- great thinkers. --- historical. --- intelligent design. --- philosopher. --- philosophy. --- plato. --- scientific. --- socrates. --- stoics. --- teleology. --- theology. --- theory. --- western philosophy. --- western science.
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