The Blurred Line Between Theistic Evolution and Intelligent Design

It is often assumed that there is a hard line between theistic evolution (TE) and intelligent design (ID). Many theistic evolutionists subscribe to the idea that God only acts through natural processes, as opposed to the ID assertion that God, at certain points in natural history, has acted in a dir...

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Main Author: Leidenhag, Mikael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2019]
In: Zygon
Year: 2019, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 909-931
Further subjects:B Intelligent design
B Supernaturalism
B theistic evolution
B causal overdetermination
B interventionism
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Summary:It is often assumed that there is a hard line between theistic evolution (TE) and intelligent design (ID). Many theistic evolutionists subscribe to the idea that God only acts through natural processes, as opposed to the ID assertion that God, at certain points in natural history, has acted in a direct manner; directly causing particular features of the world. In this article, I argue that theistic evolutionists subscribe to what might be called Natural Divine Causation (NDC). NDC does not merely provide a nonsupernaturalist and noninterventionist model of divine action, it provides a line of demarcation between TE and ID. I make the critique that NDC is philosophically untenable and argue, consequently, that the line between TE and ID is blurred.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12556