For the rock record : geologists on intelligent design /

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Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Description:261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8068130
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Other authors / contributors:Schneiderman, Jill S.
Allmon, Warren D.
ISBN:9780520257580 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520257588 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520257597 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520257596 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Rocks and Bones
  • 1. Charles Darwin Was a Geologist: Inorganic Complexity and the Rock Record
  • 2. Creationist Perspectives on Geology
  • 3. Missing Links Found: Transitional Forms in the Fossil Mammal Record
  • 4. Pigeonholing the "Dino-birds"
  • Part 2. Education, Politics, and Philosophy
  • 5. Pangloss, Paley, and the Privileged Planet: Parrying the Wedge Strategy in Earth Science Education
  • 6. It's Not about the Evidence: The Role of Metaphysics in the Debate
  • 7. The Misguided Attack on Methodological Naturalism
  • 8. On the Origin of Species and the Limits of Science
  • Part 3. On Religion
  • 9. Teaching Evolution during the Week and Bible Study on Sunday
  • 10. The "God Spectrum" and the Uneven Search for a Consistent View of the Natural World
  • Selected Resources Relevant to Intelligent Design
  • About the Contributors
  • Index