Design Dissected: Is the Design Real?: A Clinical Look at Life's Complexity, Design and Ultimate Causation - Softcover

Galloway, David J.

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ISBN 10: 1914273001 ISBN 13: 9781914273001

Verlag: John Ritchie Ltd, 2021

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An in-depth, yet fully accessible, look at the evidence for design in living things. This intriguing and informative blend of real clinical cases and entertaining prose is a superb resource for combatting evolutionary arguments, whilst retaining the ability to provide enjoyment to the reader.Written with both prodigious scientific skill and an original narrative voice, 'Design Dissected' will provide a hurdle to any evolutionist who reads it. This book provides a clinician's perspective on the evidence for design in living things. Specific scenarios are dissected from examples of real cases in clinical medicine and surgery, as well as descriptions of some of the amazing integrated systems that exist in human physiology. This combination of sound information and fascinating anecdote makes this not only highly commendable for those with a background in science, but for anyone who enjoys considering 'the mystery of how living things came to be'.Read about the history of science and how in the past scientific truth has been ridiculed before being widely accepted, and about the danger in assuming that science is able to answer every ultimate question. Consider the astonishing complexity of biological systems that must be an indication of genuine design and foresight. And what about the considerable measure of blind faith it takes to believe that consciousness, and higher mental properties such as memory and emotion, randomly emerged?

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Professor David Galloway MB ChB MD DSc, is a surgeon based in the West of Scotland. An alumnus of the University of Glasgow, he graduated in medicine in 1977. His clinical training involved working in hospitals in Glasgow, London and New York City. His postgraduate academic work was focused on cancer research and in particular investigated aspects of cell division and the way in which it can be influenced by various environmental and dietary factors. He developed an academic surgical practice in Glasgow focusing on surgical oncology and metabolic surgery. Since 2014 he has provided intermittent surgical support to Chitokoloki, a Christian Mission Hospital in rural Zambia and now holds registration with the Health Professions Council of Zambia. In 2015 he was elected to the role of President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow a post he held until December 2018. He is married to Christine and they have two daughters and three grandchildren. He is a keen golfer and an avid reader of popular science, philosophy of science and religion, and current affairs. He is also in demand as a speaker on aspects of Christianity and apologetics.

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The mystery of how living things came to be and to take the form that they do has been the focus of much investigation and debate for centuries. Many people assert that all of reality, including life has simply emerged as a result of natural law and circumstance. How credible is that assumption? How well does it fit with what we find? Exquisite features of apparent design are in evidence everywhere we look. Getting down to basics, we can say with confidence that either something is responsible for all the molecular engineering of life or, it just happened and nothing is directly responsible. Which option offers the best explanation?The theme of this book concerns the evidence for design in the complexity of life and it assembles an argument to challenge the conventional assumption that the source of the amazing systems in living things is entirely natural.My purpose is to provide a clinician’s perspective on the evidence for real design in living things. While it is written at a popular level, there are some technical details but these will be accessible to everyone. Those with a basic understanding of human biology or a background in healthcare will immediately connect with many of the examples. I have chosen some actual clinical cases to illustrate particular points or to provide a backdrop to the argument as it develops. I have also tried to explore some of the amazing connected systems that exist in immunology, endocrinology, physiology, biochemistry and neuroscience. Specific design scenarios are described, such as the astonishing changes that have to take place in the human circulatory system when the placental oxygen delivery is switched off and the lungs suddenly have to come into operation at the time of birth. Had that system failed to operate for you – you would not be reading this sentence!The structure of the book is built around three sections. Firstly, in Enigmata, I have outlined the means by which the great questions of science have been tackled. We will see how scientific truth has sometimes even been ridiculed before finding acceptance. We’ll discover how scientific conclusions can be contaminated by presuppositions of various kinds and consider reductionism as an enterprise to uncovering causation. To put it another way we need to address the question of whether we can support the idea that natural processes are entirely sufficient to produce what we find in the living world, or not? I also offer a warning about the dangers of scientism – that is the assumption that science is equipped toanswer every ultimate question. The second section, Layers of Perplexity, aims to reveal why the conventional understanding about the origin of life and of biological complexity fails to carry the intellectual weight it is required to bear. I have used examples from human systems and even considered the discipline of origin of life chemistry. Each of these demonstrates that a naturalistic understanding offers a completely inadequateexplanation for the intricate and nuanced systems that underpin our existence.The final section, Thinking about Thinking, opens the mystery of the origin of consciousness and asks the questions of ultimate reality that, for many, seem to be just too difficult and are therefore consigned to the ‘consider it later’ pile!The conclusion may not be palatable for some but the evidence included in this book exposes the reality that neither the origin of life, nor complex biological systems nor even consciousness can be explained by a natural mechanism and that a transcendent agency has better explanatory power. This book provides a powerful challenge to the naturalistic or materialistic view that the universe and life results from unguided ‘natural’ processes and numerous strands of evidence accumulate to show just how untenable such a view really is. The case for real, rather than illusory design, is powerful and persuasive. It is time to consign outdated thinking and theories to the scrap heap rather than trying to resuscitate ideas that fly in the face of the evidence.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Ritchie Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1914273001
• ISBN 13: 9781914273001
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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