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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pennock, Robert T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Creationism.

Evolution (Biology).

Evolution (Biology)--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Religion and science.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (826 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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."

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-10088-2

9786612100888

0-262-28137-6

0-585-44263-0

OCLC:

614457359