Title
Design and the anthropic finetuning of the universe
Files
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Description
Chapter 8
Recent discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biochemistry have captured the public imagination and made the Design Argument - the theory that God created the world according to a specific plan - the object of renewed scientific and philosophical interest. This accessible but serious introduction to the design problem brings together new perspectives from prominent scientists and philosophers including Paul Davies, Richard Swinburne, Sir Martin Rees, Michael Behe, Elliot Sober and Peter van Inwagen. It probes the relationship between modern science and religious belief, considering their points of conflict and their many points of similarity. Is the real God of creationism the 'master clockmaker' who sets the world's mechanism on a perfectly enduring course, or a miraculous presence who continually intervenes in and alters the world we know? Are science and faith, or evolution and creation, really in conflict at all? Expanding the parameters of a lively and urgent debate, God and Design considers how perennial questions of origin continue to fascinate and disturb us.
Keywords
Teleology; Religion and science
ISBN
978-0415263443
Publication Date
1-30-2003
Publication Source
God and design : the teleological argument and modern science
Inclusive pages
155-177
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publisher
Routledge
City
London
Recommended Citation
Craig, William Lane (2003). Design and the anthropic finetuning of the universe. God and design : the teleological argument and modern science. 155-177. London: Routledge.
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