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Synopsis
Gives the history of the intelligent design movement and its growth, and shows how rhetoric is significant in the development of scientific theories.
Synopsis
Providing an insider's look at the dramatic debate between Darwinism and Intelligent Design, Woodward gives the history of the Intelligent Design Movement and its growth, and shows how rhetoric is significant in the development of scientific theories.
Table of Contents
Aroused from dogmatic slumber : an introduction to intelligent design and a paradigm crisis -- Murmurs of dissent : the prelude to Michael Denton -- The birth of design : Denton launches his critique -- The virus spreads : the emergence of Phillip Johnson -- Putting Darwin on trial : Johnson transforms the narrative -- The matrix of stories in Darwin on trial : Johnson argues his case -- The roaring nineties : David takes on Goliath -- The dam breaks : Michael Behe and the explosion of design -- Mere creation and beyond : William Dembski and the explanatory filter -- A revolution built on recalcitrance : intelligent design in historical perspective.