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The Panda's Black Box: Opening Up the Intelligent Design Controversy

by Nathaniel C Comfort

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The debate over Intelligent Design seemingly represents an extension of the fundamental conflict between creationists and evolutionists. ID proponents, drawing on texts such as Darwin's Black Box and Of Pandas and People, urge schools to teach the controversy in biology class alongside evolution. The scientific mainstream has reacted with fury, branding Intelligent Design as pseudoscience and its advocates as religious fanatics.

But stridency misses the point, argues Nathaniel Comfort. In The Panda's Black Box, Comfort joins five other leading public intellectuals — including Daniel Kevles and Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Larson — to explain the roots of the controversy and explore the intellectual, social, and cultural factors that continue to shape it.

One of the few books on the ID issue that moves beyond mere name-calling and finger-pointing, The Panda's Black Box challenges assumptions on each side of the debate and engages both the appeal and dangers of Intelligent Design. This lively collection will appeal to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of what's really at stake in the debate over evolution.

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Biologists, historians of science, and a philosopher examine the controversy in the media, school boards, scientific forums, and the courts between people who insist that the universe could only have come about by the purposeful plan of a divine being, and anyone who may be so sure. They place the conflict in the context of larger beliefs, concerns, and history of science and education in Western culture. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Six prominent writers explain the roots of the controversy over Intelligent Design and explore the intellectual, social, and cultural factors that continue to shape it.
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ISBN:
9780801885990
Subtitle:
Opening Up the Intelligent Design Controversy
Author:
Comfort, Nathaniel C
Foreword:
Kevles, Daniel J.
Editor:
Comfort, Nathaniel C.
Author:
Larson, Edward J.
Author:
Gilbert, Scott
Author:
Maienschein, Jane
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Science
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Sociology of Religion
Subject:
Christian Theology - General
Subject:
Philosophy and science
Subject:
Science -- Philosophy.
Publication Date:
May 2007
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
165
Dimensions:
8.20x6.60x.72 in. .63 lbs.
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