| Nature, Design, and Science: The Status of Design in Natural Science Contributor(s): Ratzsch, del (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791448932 ISBN-13: 9780791448939 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theology - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 215 |
| LCCN: 00049647 |
| Series: Suny Philosophy and Biology |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.17" W x 9.29" (0.92 lbs) 230 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
