But is it Science?: The Philosophical Question in the Creation / Evolution Controversy (Frontiers of Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573920878 ISBN 13: 9781573920872

Publisher: Prometheus Books, 1996

Synopsis

Is 'creation science' really scientific? What criteria, if any, exist for identifying a discipline as a science? This collection of essays answers these questions and many more about the creation/evolution controversy and the very nature of science itself.

About this title

About the Author

Robert T. Pennock (East Lansing, MI) is a professor at Michigan State University, holding joint positions in the Lyman Briggs School of Science, the department of philosophy and computer science and engineering, and the ecology and evolutionary biology and behavior graduate program. He is the author of Tower of Babel: The Evidence against the New Creationism; the editor of Intelligent Design, Creationism, and Its Critics; and many scholarly articles.

Michael Ruse (Tallahassee, FL) is the Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University and the author or editor of The Stem Cell Controversy; Cloning: Responsible Science or Technomadness?; Taking Darwin Seriously; Philosophy of Biology; and But Is It Science?, among many other works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1573920878
• ISBN 13: 9781573920872
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406
• Editor: Ruse Michael