No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot be Purchased without Intelligence - Hardcover

William A. Dembski

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0742512975 ISBN 13: 9780742512979

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK), 2001

Synopsis

Darwins greatest accomplishment was to show how life might be explained as the result of natural selection. But does Darwins theory mean that life was unintended? William A. Dembski argues that it does not. In this book Dembski extends his theory of intelligent design. Building on his earlier work in The Design Inference (Cambridge, 1998), he defends that life must be the product of intelligent design. Critics of Dembskis work have argued that evolutionary algorithms show that life can be explained apart from intelligence. But by employing powerful recent results from the No Free Lunch Theory, Dembski addresses and decisively refutes such claims. As the leading proponent of intelligent design, Dembski reveals a designer capable of originating the complexity and specificity found throughout the cosmos. Scientists and theologians alike will find this book of interest as it brings the question of creation firmly into the realm of scientific debate.

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About the Author

William A. Dembski is associate research professor in the conceptual foundations of science at Baylor University and senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture in Seattle. He lectures worldwide on intelligent design and his work has been featured/debated in The New York Times and Time Magazine, and he has appeared on the BBC, PBS, CNN, Fox News, Nightline, and The Daily Show. He is the author of 20 books and numerous peer-reviewed articles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742512975
• ISBN 13: 9780742512979
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432