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Doubting Darwin? : Creationist Designs on Evolution.

The debate about what to teach as science in our schools has reached boiling point. This book puts the dispute into its scientific and historical context, illuminating the intellectual debate that is shaping educational policy. It exposes the frauds and fallacies of Intelligent Design Theory and its...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sarkar, Sahotra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : John Wiley & Sons, 2007.
Colección:Blackwell public philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; The Central Argument; The Evidence for Evolution; Rejecting Theories; Plan of the Book; 2 The Legacy of Darwin and Wallace; The Theory of Natural Selection; "Absurd in the Highest Possible Degree"; Darwin's Unfortunate Retreat; Wallace and Weismann; The Decline of Darwinism; Mind and Culture; Contemporary Implications; 3 The Argument from Design; Adaptation and Design; Function, Design, and Selection; Blind Variation; Dembski's Resurrection; 4 Mere Evolution; Mendel's Legacy; The Modern Framework for Evolutionary Theory.