Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science TheologyInterVarsity Press, 12/07/2002 - 312 páginas Voted a Book of the Year by Christianity Today The Intelligent Design movement is three things:
Although the fast-growing movement has gained considerable grassroots support, many scientists and theologians remain skeptical about its merits. Scientists worry that it's bad science (merely creationism in disguise) and theologians worry that it's bad theology (misunderstanding divine action). In this book William Dembski addresses these concerns and brilliantly argues that intelligent design provides a crucial link between science and theology. Various chapters creatively and powerfully address intelligent discernment of divine action in nature, why the significane of miracles should be reconsidered, and the demise and unanswered questions of British natural theology. Effectively challenging the hegemony of naturalism and reinstating design within science, Dembski shows how intelligent design can be unpacked as a theory of information. Intelligent Design is a pivotal, synthesizing work from a thinker whom Phillip Johnson calls "one of the most important of the design theorists who are sparking a scientific revolution by legitimating the concept of intelligent design in science." |
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... natural moral law , I have particular reason to extol Dembski's work . There ... reasons for its demise for almost 150 years , and the critical new insights ... nature . Those scientists that have participated in these endeavors have been ...
... Origin of Species , the fortunes of intelligent design appeared dim . Apparently an unintelligent process -- natural selection could account for the complexity of the biological world . Moreover , to nineteenth century scientists the ...
... natural history . One can ask whether that canvas itself is designed . On the other hand , one can ask whether features of natural ... origin and early evolu- tion of the universe remain speculative , the causal backdrop for life is well ...
... Natural Theology . If chapter two reopens the door to divine action on the theological front , this chapter reopens ... causes effectively did away with it . That faulty conception of science is still with us , and it is the purpose of this ...
... natural theology upset that premodern logic . This chapter examines the root cause behind those critiques - naturalism , the view that nature is fundamental and self - sufficient . Having examined naturalism , this chapter considers how ...
Índice
Recognizing the Divine Finger | 25 |
12 Signs in DecisionMaking | 28 |
13 Ordinary Versus Extraordinary Signs | 31 |
14 Moses and Pharaoh | 35 |
15 The Philistines and the Ark | 37 |
16 The Sign of the Resurrection | 40 |
17 In Defense of Premodernity | 44 |
The Critique of Miracles | 49 |
Intelligent Design as a Theory of Information | 153 |
62 Generating Information via Law | 160 |
63 Generating Information via Chance | 165 |
64 Generating Information via Law and Chance | 167 |
65 The Law of Conservation of Information | 170 |
66 Applying the Theory to Evolutionary Biology | 174 |
67 Reconceptualizing Evolutionary Biology | 179 |
Science Theology in Mutual Support | 187 |
22 Spinozas Rejection of Miracles | 51 |
23 Schleiennachers Assimilation of Spinoza | 55 |
24 Unpacking Schleiermachers Naturalistic Critique | 58 |
25 Critiquing the Naturalistic Critique | 61 |
26 The Significance of the Naturalistic Critique | 67 |
The Demise of British Natural Theology | 70 |
32 From Contrivance to Natural Law | 73 |
33 From Natural Law to Agnosticism | 79 |
34 Darwin and His Theory | 82 |
35 Design and Miracles | 85 |
36 The Presupposition of Positivism | 90 |
Naturalism Its Cure | 97 |
42 The Root of Idolatry | 99 |
43 Naturalism Within Western Culture | 103 |
Intelligent Design | 105 |
45 Not Theistic Evolution | 109 |
46 The Importance of Definitions | 114 |
47 A New Generation of Scholars | 120 |
Reinstating Design Within Science | 122 |
52 Why Reinstate Design? | 124 |
53 The ComplexitySpecification Criterion | 127 |
54 Specification | 133 |
55 False Negatives and False Positives | 139 |
56 Why the Criterion Works | 144 |
57 Irreducible Complexity | 146 |
58 So What? | 149 |
72 Epistemic Support | 192 |
73 Rational Compulsion | 195 |
74 Explanatory Power | 199 |
75 The Big Bang and Divine Creation | 203 |
76 Christ as the Completion of Science | 205 |
The Act of Creation | 211 |
82 Naturalisms Challenge to Creation | 212 |
83 Computational Reductionism | 216 |
84 Our Empirical Selves Versus Our Actual Selves | 220 |
85 The Resurgence of Design | 222 |
86 The Creation of the World | 224 |
87 The Intelligibility of the World | 229 |
88 Creativity Divine and Human | 234 |
Objections to Design | 237 |
A1 The God of the Gaps | 238 |
A2 Intentionality Versus Design | 245 |
A3 Scientific Creationism | 247 |
A4 But Is It Science? | 252 |
A5 Dysteleology | 261 |
A6 Just an Anthropic Coincidence | 264 |
A7 Applying the Math to Biology | 268 |
A8 David Humes Objections | 271 |
A9 Mundane Versus Transcendent Designers | 276 |
Notes | 280 |
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Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science & Theology William A. Dembski Visualização de excertos - 1999 |
Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science Theology William A. Dembski Pré-visualização indisponível - 2002 |