Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism

Robert T. T. Pennock

ISBN 10: 0262661659 / ISBN 13: 9780262661652

Verlag: MIT Press, 2000

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Inhaltsangabe:

In Tower of Babel, philosopher Robert Pennock compares the views of the new creationists with those of the old and reveals the insubstantiality of their arguments. One of Pennock's major innovations is to turn from biological evolution to the less-charged subject of linguistic evolution, which has strong theoretical parallels with biological evolution both in content and in the sort of evidence scientists use to draw conclusions about origins Several chapters deal with the work of Phillip Johnson, a highly influential leader of the new creationists. Pennock explains how science uses naturalism and discusses the relationship between factual and moral issues in the creationism-evolution controversy. The book also includes a discussion of Darwin's own shift from creationist to evolutionist and an extended argument for keeping private religious beliefs separate from public scientific knowledge.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

Robert T. Pennock is Associate Professor at the Lyman Briggs School and in the Department of Philosophy at Michigan State University.

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Titel: Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New...
Verlag: MIT Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
Einband: Paperback
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