Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics: Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Contributors......Page 18
I: Intelligent Design Creationism's "Wedge Strategy''......Page 22
1 The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and Academic Mainstream......Page 26
II: Johnson's Critique of Evolutionary Naturalism......Page 76
2 Evolution as Dogma: The Establishment of Naturalism......Page 80
3 Naturalism, Evidence, and Creationism: The Case of Phillip Johnson......Page 98
4 Response to Pennock......Page 120
5 Reply: Johnson's Reason in the Balance......Page 124
III: A Theological Conflict? Evolution vs. the Bible......Page 130
6 When Faith and Reason Clash: Evolution and the Bible......Page 134
7 When Faith and Reason Cooperate......Page 168
8 Plantinga's Defense of Special Creation......Page 186
9 Evolution, Neutrality, and Antecedent Probability: A Reply to McMullin and Van Till......Page 218
IV: Intelligent Design's Scientific Claims......Page 258
10 Molecular Machines: Experimental Support for the Design Inference......Page 262
11 Born-Again Creationism......Page 278
12 Biology Remystified: The Scientific Claims of the New Creationists......Page 310
V: Plantinga's Critique of Naturalism and Evolution......Page 356
13 Methodological Naturalism?......Page 360
14 Methodological Naturalism under Attack......Page 384
15 Plantinga's Case against Naturalistic Epistemology......Page 408
16 Plantinga's Probability Arguments against Evolutionary Naturalism......Page 432
VI: Intelligent Design Creationism vs. Theistic Evolutionism......Page 450
17 Creator or Blind Watchmaker?......Page 456
18 Phillip Johnson on Trial: A Critique of His Critique of Darwin......Page 472
19 Welcoming the "Disguised Friend''–Darwinism and Divinity......Page 492
20 The Creation: Intelligently Designed or Optimally Equipped?......Page 508
21 Is Theism Compatible with Evolution?......Page 534
VII: Intelligent Design and Information......Page 558
22 Is Genetic Information Irreducible?......Page 564
23 Reply to Phillip Johnson......Page 570
24 Reply to Johnson......Page 572
25 Intelligent Design as a Theory of Information......Page 574
26 Information and the Argument from Design......Page 596
27 How Not to Detect Design—Critical Notice: William A. Dembski, The Design Inference......Page 618
28 The "Information Challenge''......Page 638
VIII: Intelligent Design Theorists Turn the Tables......Page 654
29 Who's Got the Magic?......Page 660
30 The Wizards of ID: Reply to Dembski......Page 666
31 The Panda's Thumb......Page 690
32 The Role of Theology in Current Evolutionary Reasoning......Page 698
33 Appealing to Ignorance behind the Cloak of Ambiguity......Page 726
34 Nonoverlapping Magisteria......Page 758
IX: Creationism and Education......Page 772
35 Why Creationism Should Not Be Taught in the Public Schools......Page 776
36 Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal......Page 800
37 Reply to Plantinga's "Modest Proposal''......Page 814
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