Darwinism, Design, and Public Education

by Campbell, John Angus; Meyer, Stephen C.

• ISBN13: 9780870136702
• ISBN10: 0870136704
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-01
• Publisher: Michigan State Univ Pr

Summary

From the Scopes Trial in 1925 through the action of the Kansas board of education, the teaching of evolution in public schools has been a flashpoint in American education. The evolution of fundamentalist creationism into the proposition of "intelligent design" (ID) in the late 20th century reignited the character of this controversy. Darwinism, Design, and Public Educationprovides a thorough and readable source of primary literature for and against the rhetoric of intelligent design as a science, a philosophy, and a movement for educational reform.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Why Are We Still Debating Darwinism? Why Not Teach the Controversy?
John Angus Campbell	xi
PART I-Should Darwinism Be Presented Critically and Comparatively in the Public Schools? Philosophical, Educational, and Legal Issues	1	(132)
Intelligent Design, Darwinism, and the Philosophy of Public Education, John Angus Campbell	3	(42)
Intelligent Design Theory, Religion, and the Science Curriculum, Warren A. Nord	45	(14)
Teaching the Controversy: Is It Science, Religion, or Speech?
David DeWolf, Stephen C. Meyer, and Mark E. DeForrest	59	(74)
PART II-Scientific Critique of Biology Textbooks and Contemporary Evolutionary Theory	133	(88)
The Meanings of Evolution,
Stephen C. Meyer and Michael Newton Keas	135	(22)
The Deniable Darwin,
David Berlinski	157	(22)
Haeckel's Embryos and Evolution: Setting the Record Straight,
Jonathan Wells	179	(8)
Second Thoughts about Peppered Moths,
Jonathan Wells	187	(6)
Where Do We Come From? A Humbling Look at the Biology of Life's Origin,
Massimo Pigliucci	193	(14)
Origin of Life and Evolution in Biology Textbooks: A Critique,
Gordon C. Mills, Malcolm Lancaster, and Walter L. Bradley	207	(14)
PART III-The Theory of Intelligent Design: A Scientific Alternative to Neo-Darwinian and/or Chemical Evolutionary Theories	221	(198)
DNA and the Origin of Life: Information, Specification, and Explanation,
Stephen C. Meyer	223	(64)
Design in the Details: The Origin of Biomolecular Machines,
Michael J. Belie	287	(16)
Homology in Biology: Problem for Naturalistic Science and Prospect for Intelligent Design,
Paul Nelson and Jonathan Wells	303	(20)
The Cambrian Explosion: Biology's Big Bang,
Stephen C. Meyer, Marcus Ross, Paul Nelson, and Paul Chien	323	(80)
Reinstating Design within Science,
William A. Dembski	403	(16)
PART IV-Critical Responses	419	(136)
The Rhetoric of Intelligent Design: Alternatives for Science and Religion,
Celeste Michelle Condit	421	(20)
Intelligent Design and Irreducible Complexity: A Rejoinder,
David Depew	441	(14)
Biochemical Complexity: Emergence or Design?
Bruce H. Weber	455	(8)
Design Yes, Intelligent No: A Critique of Intelligent Design Theory and Neo-Creationism,
Massimo Pigliucci	463	(12)
On Behalf of the Fool,
Michael Ruse	475	(12)
Rhetorical Arguments and Scientific Arguments: Do My Children Have to Listen to More Arguments against Evolution?
Eugene Garver	487	(12)
Design? Yes! But Is It Intelligent?
William Provine	499	(14)
Creation and Evolution: A Modest Proposal,
Alvin Plantinga	513	(12)
Thinking Pedagogically about Design,
John Lyne	525	(8)
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Intelligent Design Theory,
Steve Fuller	533	(10)
Creationism versus Darwinism: A Third Alternative,
Brig Klyce and Chandra Wickramasinghe	543	(6)
The Rhetorical Problem of Intelligent Design,
Phillip E. Johnson	549
Appendixes
A. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hearing: On Curriculum Controversies in Biology, 21 August 1998	555	(32)
B. Helping Schools to Teach Evolution, Donald Kennedy	587	(6)
C. Stratigraphic First Appearance of Phyla-Body Plans	593	(6)
D. Stratigraphie First Appearance of Phyla-Subphyla Body Plans	599	(6)
E. Probability of Other Body Plans Originating in the Cambrian Explosion	605	(8)
Glossary	613	(12)
For Further Reading	625	(4)
Contributors	629