The Intelligent-Design Movement: Science or Ideology?
The past decade has seen the rise of a new wave of criticism of evolutionary biology, led by claims that it should be replaced by a new science of intelligent design. While the general question of inferring design may fairly be considered worthy of attention, claims that intelligent-design theory (I...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2002
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Zygon
Year: 2002, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-23 |
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intelligent-design theory
B William Dembski B Imre Lakatos B Michael Behe B evolutionary theory B Demarcation |
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Summary: | The past decade has seen the rise of a new wave of criticism of evolutionary biology, led by claims that it should be replaced by a new science of intelligent design. While the general question of inferring design may fairly be considered worthy of attention, claims that intelligent-design theory (IDT) constitutes a biological science are highly problematic. This article briefly summarizes the assertions made about IDT as a biological science and indicates why they do not stand up to analysis. While claiming that IDT is a biological science, its advocates have failed to actually produce a research program that merits serious attention. As such, it is clear that IDT is more driven by ideological considerations than by attention to actual scientific research. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9744.00406 |