Debating Design: From Darwin To Dna

P1: IRK 0521829496agg.xml CY335B/Dembski 0 521 82949 6 April 13, 2004 Debating Design From Darwin to DNA Edited by WILLIAM A. DEMBSKI Baylor University MICHAEL RUSE Florida State University iii 10:0 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521829496 © Cambridge University Press 2004, 2006 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2004 eBook (EBL) ISBN-13 978-0-511-33751-2 ISBN-10 0-511-33751-5 eBook (EBL) ISBN-13 ISBN-10 hardback 978-0-521-82949-6 hardback 0-521-82949-6 ISBN-13 ISBN-10 paperback 978-0-521-70990-3 paperback 0-521-70990-3 Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. P1: IRK 0521829496agg.xml CY335B/Dembski 0 521 82949 6 April 13, 2004 10:0 Contents page vii Notes on Contributors introduction 1. General Introduction William A. Dembski and Michael Ruse 2. The Argument from Design: A Brief History Michael Ruse 3 13 3. Who’s Afraid of ID? A Survey of the Intelligent Design Movement Angus Menuge 32 part i: dar winism 4. Design without Designer: Darwin’s Greatest Discovery Francisco J. Ayala 55 5. The Flagellum Unspun: The Collapse of “Irreducible Complexity” Kenneth R. Miller 81 6. The Design Argument Elliott Sober 98 7. DNA by Design? Stephen Meyer and the Return of the God Hypothesis Robert T. Pennock 130 part ii: complex self-organization 8. Prolegomenon to a General Biology Stuart Kauffman 9. Darwinism, Design, and Complex Systems Dynamics Bruce H. Weber and David J. Depew v 151 173 P1: IRK 0521829496agg.xml CY335B/Dembski vi 0 521 82949 6 April 13, 2004 10:0 Contents 10. Emergent Complexity, Teleology, and the Arrow of Time Paul Davies 191 11. The Emergence of Biological Value James Barham 210 part iii: theistic evolution 12. Darwin, Design, and Divine Providence John F. Haught 229 13. The Inbuilt Potentiality of Creation John Polkinghorne 246 14. Theistic Evolution Keith Ward 261 15. Intelligent Design: Some Geological, Historical, and Theological Questions Michael Roberts 16. The Ar