Debating Darwin's doubt
Subtitle: a scientific controversy that can no longer be denied
By: edited by David Klinghoffer
Contributors: Meyer, Stephen C.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Discovery Institute Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Seattle, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9781936599288
Subjects: Life; Origin; Evolution (Biology); Intelligent design (Teleology)
Description: In 2013 Stephen Meyer's book Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design became a national bestseller, provoking a wide-ranging debate about the adequacy of Darwinian theory to explain life's history. In Debating Darwin's Doubt: A Scientific Controversy that Can No Longer Be Denied, leading scholars in the intelligent design community respond to critiques of Meyer's book and show that the core challenge posed by Meyer remains unanswered: Where did the influx of information essential to the creation of new body plans come from? In addition to ten chapters by Stephen Meyer, Debating Darwin's Doubt also includes contributions from biologists Richard Sternberg, Douglas Axe, and Ann Gauger; philosopher of biology Paul Nelson; mathematicians William Dembski and David Berlinski; and Center for Science and Culture research coordinator Casey Luskin. In forty-four chapters, these contributing authors explore topics such as orphan genes, cladistics, small shelly fossils, protein evolution, the length of the Cambrian explosion, the God-of-the-Gaps objection to intelligent design, and criticisms raised by proponents of theistic evolution.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pre-publication debate & discussion; title: Speed reader: Nick Matzke; title: Heavyweight: Berkeley's Charles Marshall; title: Biologist: Martin Poenie; title: Miscellaneous challenges; title: Trends in reviewing Darwin's Doubt; title: Replying to Darwin's Doubt without naming it.; title: Responses from theistic evolutionists; title: Independent confirmation of Meyer's thesis.