Nature, design, and science :: the status of design in natural science /

"Although the scientific illegitimacy of supernatural design is typically asserted with enormous confidence and vigor, there has been surprisingly little actual work on such key foundational issues as even what design is and on specific criteria for assessing its legitimacy, or lack, as a scien...

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1. Verfasser: Ratzsch, Delvin Lee, 1945-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2001.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
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Zusammenfassung:"Although the scientific illegitimacy of supernatural design is typically asserted with enormous confidence and vigor, there has been surprisingly little actual work on such key foundational issues as even what design is and on specific criteria for assessing its legitimacy, or lack, as a scientific concept. However, intelligent supernatural design is again surfacing in discussions both of anthropic principles and of certain types of biological complexity. This book develops a definition of design, explicates the more specific concept of supernatural design, defends a general criterion for scientific legitimacy, and argues that in some cases the concept of intelligent supernatural design can meet the relevant requirements for scientific legitimacy."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 220 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
ISBN:0791448932
9780791448939
0791490998
9780791490990

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