The panda's black box : opening up the intelligent design controversy

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    • Comfort, Nathaniel C.

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The panda's black box : opening up the intelligent design controversy

edited by Nathaniel C. Comfort ; foreword by Daniel J. Kevles

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index

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内容説明

The debate over Intelligent Design seemingly represents an extension of the fundamental conflict between creationists and evolutionists. ID proponents, drawing on texts such as Darwin's Black Box and Of Pandas and People, urge schools to "teach the controversy" in biology class alongside evolution. The scientific mainstream has reacted with fury, branding Intelligent Design as pseudoscience and its advocates as religious fanatics. But stridency misses the point, argues Nathaniel Comfort. In "The Panda's Black Box", Comfort joins five other leading public intellectuals - including Daniel Kevles and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Larson - to explain the roots of the controversy and explore the intellectual, social, and cultural factors that continue to shape it. One of the few books on the ID issue that moves beyond mere name-calling and finger-pointing, "The Panda's Black Box" challenges assumptions on each side of the debate and engages both the appeal and dangers of Intelligent Design. This lively collection will appeal to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of what's really at stake in the debate over evolution.

目次

List of Contirbutors Foreword by Daniel J. Kevles 1. Intorductions: The Panda's Black Box 2. The Argument from Design 3. The Aerodynamics of Flying Carpets: Why Biologists are Loath to "Tech the Controversy" 4. The Classroom Controversy: A History of the Dispute over Teahcing Evolution 5. Untangling Debates about Science and Religion 6. Intelligent Design: A Sympton of Metaphysical Malaise Notes Futher Reading Index

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