LIVING WITH DARWIN: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith (Philosophy in Action)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge, 2007
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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- Title
- LIVING WITH DARWIN: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith (Philosophy in Action)
- Author
- Philip Kitcher
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Cambridge
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Fine in NF dust jacket
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0195314441
- ISBN 13
- 9780195314441
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Series
- Book 1 of 10: Philosophy In Action
- Seller catalogs
- Luther Martin
Kitcher first presents the compelling evidence on behalf of Darwin's evolutionary theory, bringing out with unprecedented clarity the structure of the reasoning that has convinced almost all educated people of its merits during the past century and a half. He then sets the current debate about Intelligent Design in historical context, showing that ID theory is really dead science. Explaining the scientific issues in an elegant and accessible way, Kitcher shows how crucial discoveries successively undermined the Creationist views about life on earth that were once considered scientific orthodoxy.
Finally, Kitcher goes on to analyze the recurrent opposition to Darwinian ideas, arguing that they do present a genuine threat to those forms of religion that invoke divine providence. A Darwinian understanding of the history of life makes popular forms of religious faith, including most versions of Christianity and Judaism, hard to sustain. The dispute about Intelligent Design emerges as a symptom of a much deeper problem - the clash between the deep impulses to religion and the discoveries of the natural and human sciences. Kitcher contends that we cannot resolve that clash either by denying these discoveries or by brusquely overriding the underlying impulses. Somehow, we must develop a version of secular humanism that will prove genuinely satisfying.
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