Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism

Robert T. T. Pennock

ISBN 10: 0262661659 / ISBN 13: 9780262661652

Published by MIT Press, 2000

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Synopsis:

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.

About the Author: Robert T. Pennock is Professor in the Lyman Briggs College and the Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University. He is a Co-PI of the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New...
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
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