Debating Design

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Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA is a 2004 anthology edited by William A. Dembski and Michael Ruse. Its format is similar to the earlier Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics, wherein several authors with different viewpoints on theism, the argument from design, intelligent design and creationism offer their personal opinions in essay form.

It is published by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82949-6

Contents 1 Contents 2 Peer review 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Contents

• Introduction: general introduction, by William Dembski and Michael Ruse
  • The argument from design: a brief history Michael Ruse
  • Who's afraid of ID?: a survey of the intelligent design movement Angus Menuge
• Part I. Darwinism:
  • 1 Design without a designer: Darwin's greatest discovery Francisco J. Ayala
  • 2 The flagellum unspun: the collapse of 'irreducible complexity' Kenneth Miller
  • 3 The design argument Elliott Sober
  • 4 DNA by design? Stephen Meyer and the return of the god hypothesis Robert T. Pennock
• Part II. Complex Self-Organization:
  • 5. Prolegomenon to a general biology Stuart Kauffman
  • 6. Darwinism, design and complex systems dynamics David Depew and Bruce Weber
  • 7. Emergent complexity, teleology, and the arrow of time Paul Davies
  • 8. The emergence of biological value James Barham
• Part III. Theistic Evolution:
  • 9. Darwin, design and divine providence John Haught
  • 10. The inbuilt potentiality of creation John Polkinghorne
  • 11. Theistic evolution Keith Ward
  • 12. Intelligent design: some geological, historical and theological questions Michael Roberts;
  • 13. The argument from laws of nature reassessed Richard Swinburne
• Part IV. Intelligent Design:
  • 14. The logical underpinnings of intelligent design William Dembski
  • 15. Information, entropy and the origin of life Walter Bradley
  • 16. Irreducible complexity: obstacle to darwinian evolution Michael Behe
  • 17. The cambrian information explosion: evidence for intelligent design, Stephen Meyer.

[edit] Peer review

The Discovery Institute lists chapters 14-17 on its list of "Peer-Reviewed and Peer Edited Scientific Publications Supporting the Theory of Intelligent Design"^[1], despite them being personal essays^[2].

[edit] References

1. ^ Peer-Reviewed and Peer Edited Scientific Publications Supporting the Theory of Intelligent Design (Annotated), Discovery Institute
2. ^ CI001.4 Intelligent Design and peer review, Mark Isaak, Index to Creationist Claims, talk.origins Archive

[edit] External links

• Cambridge University Press page
• Review of Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA Dan D. Crawford, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
• Book review: Debating Design (Dembski/Ruse ed.), PZ Myers, The Panda's Thumb weblog, August 17, 2004.