For the Rock Record: Geologists on Intelligent Design
Jill Schneiderman
Abstract
According to the idea of intelligent design, nature's complexity is the result of deliberate planning by a supernatural creative force. To date, most scientific arguments against this form of creationism have been made by evolutionary biologists. In this volume, a team of earth scientists reveals that the flaws of intelligent design are not limited to the biological sciences. Indeed, the geological sciences offer some of the best refutations of intelligent design arguments. This book is dedicated to the proposition that the idea of intelligent design should be of serious concern to everyone. T ... More
According to the idea of intelligent design, nature's complexity is the result of deliberate planning by a supernatural creative force. To date, most scientific arguments against this form of creationism have been made by evolutionary biologists. In this volume, a team of earth scientists reveals that the flaws of intelligent design are not limited to the biological sciences. Indeed, the geological sciences offer some of the best refutations of intelligent design arguments. This book is dedicated to the proposition that the idea of intelligent design should be of serious concern to everyone. The editors have gathered leading figures from the geological community with a wide range of viewpoints that go to the heart of the debate over what is and is not science. The purveyors of intelligent design theories and its kindred philosophies threaten the scientific literacy that our society needs by confusing faith and the practice of science. This collection offers a much-needed response.
Keywords:
intelligent design,
creative force,
creationism,
evolutionary biology,
earth science,
biology,
geology
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780520257580 |
| Published to California Scholarship Online: March 2012 |
DOI:10.1525/california/9780520257580.001.0001 |
