What is wrong with intelligent design?
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What is wrong with intelligent design?
This article reviews two standard criticisms of creationism/intelligent design (ID)): it is unfalsifiable, and it is refuted by the many imperfect adaptations found in nature. Problems with both criticisms are discussed. A conception of testability is described that avoids the defects in Karl Popper's falsifiability criterion. Although ID comes in multiple forms, which call for different critic...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0020-7047,1572-8684
DOI: 10.1007/s11153-007-9112-2