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Author Shanks, Niall, 1959-

Title God, the devil, and Darwin : a critique of intelligent design theory / Niall Shanks
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages)
Contents Foreword / Richard Dawkins -- Preface -- Introduction : The many designs of the intelligent design movement -- 1. The evolution of intelligent design arguments -- 2. Darwin and the illusion of intelligent design -- 3. Thermodynamics and the origins of order -- 4. Science and the supernatural -- 5. The biochemical case for intelligent design -- 6. The cosmological case for intelligent design -- Conclusion : intelligent design on society -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Subjects the scientific, theological, and political vision of the Intelligent Design movement to critical scrutiny, rejecting its central claims as scientifically unfounded, theologically dubious, and ethically backward
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-268) and index
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Subject Intelligent design (Teleology)
Religion and science.
Religion and Science
RELIGION -- Philosophy.
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Religion and science
Intelligent Design
Evolutietheorie.
Teleologie.
Form Electronic book
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