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Naturalistic Evolution: Underdetermined By the Evidence

Reading the NAS book on Science, Evolution, and Creationism, I was struck by the fact that naturalistic evolution is underdetermined by the evidence. That is, one cannot validly conclude, just from evidence in nature, that everything can be explained only and exclusively in terms of natural causes and effects. There is always a background perspective. …

January 14, 2008 – 9:25 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Unfiled | Tagged , , , | Comments (60)

The NAS on Science, Evolution, and Creationism

Book Review Science, Evolution, and Creationism, richly illustrated and printed on glossy stock, is a marvelous scientific defense of evolutionary theory from the National Academy of Sciences. If that were all it tried to accomplish, it would be quite a fine little book (just 54 pages plus bibliography, index, and author bios). What it attempts …

January 13, 2008 – 6:09 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments (16)

Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap – New York Times

This is going to be interesting. I’ve just ordered my copy, which should be here within a week. On Thursday, [the National Academy of Sciences] produced a third [book on teaching evolution]. But this volume is unusual, people who worked on it say, because it is intended specifically for the lay public and because it …

January 8, 2008 – 10:38 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , | Comments Off