design theory

^{William A. Dembski
February 1, 2007
Intelligent Design}

No Free Lunch

_{William A. Dembski
February 1, 2007
Intelligent Design}

No Free Lunch, the sequel to mathematician and philosopher William Dembski's Cambridge University Press book The Design Inference, explores key questions about the origin of specified complexity. Dembski explains that the Darwinian search mechanism of random mutation coupled with natural selection is incapable of generating novel complex, specified information (CSI).

This observation translates into "No Free Lunch" (NFL) theorems, which Dembski explains are inherent constraints upon natural systems. Natural Darwinian mechanisms can shuffle this information around, but only intelligence can generate novel CSI. In other words, when it comes to generating truly novel biological complexity, Darwin can have no free lunch...

Design Theory: Creationist dogma or evolutionary punk rock?

_{Melissa Martin
June 29, 2002
Intelligent Design}

Melissa Martin, The Mail Tribune, subtitle: Some scientists collect 'evidence' to debunk Darwin, NULL Read More ›

^{William Dembski and Michael Behe (Foreword)
July 12, 2002
Intelligent Design}

Intelligent Design

_{William Dembski and Michael Behe (Foreword)
July 12, 2002
Intelligent Design}

In this popular treatment of intelligent design, Discovery Fellow William Dembski combines his Ph.D. in philosophy with his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Chicago and his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary to elucidate how the scientific theory of intelligent design interacts with his personal Christian faith. Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski
March 16, 2000
Intelligent Design}

Disbelieving Darwin — And Feeling No Shame!

_{William A. Dembski
March 16, 2000
Intelligent Design}

Science, we are told, is tentative. And given the history of science, there is every reason for science to be tentative. No scientific theory withstands revision for long, and many are eventually superseded by theories that flatly contradict their predecessors. Scientific revolutions are common, painful, and real. New theories regularly overturn old ones, and no scientific theory is ever the Read More ›

Abstract futuristic concept of spherical algorithm analysis. Big data. Quantum virtual cryptography. Business visualization of artificial intelligence. Blockchain.

^{William A. Dembski
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Why Evolutionary Algorithms Cannot Generate Specified Complexity

_{William A. Dembski
November 1, 1999
Intelligent Design}

While it's true that shaking out random scrabble pieces would render METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL highly improbable (and therefore complex), Dawkins's evolutionary algorithm renders that sequence certain and thereby removes its complexity. Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski
March 1, 1998
Intelligent Design}

The Intelligent Design Movement

_{William A. Dembski
March 1, 1998
Intelligent Design}

The Intelligent Design movement begins with the work of Charles Thaxton, Walter Bradley, Michael Denton, Dean Kenyon, and Phillip Johnson. Without employing the Bible as a scientific text, these scholars critiqued Darwinism on scientific and philosophical grounds. On scientific grounds they found Darwinism an inadequate framework for biology. On philosophical grounds they found Darwinism hopelessly entangled with naturalism, the view that nature is self-sufficient and thus without need of God or any guiding intelligence. More recently, scholars like Michael Behe, Stephen Meyer, Paul Nelson, Jonathan Wells, and myself have taken the next step, proposing a positive research program wherein intelligent causes become the key for understanding the diversity and complexity of life. Read More ›

^{Nancy Pearcey
September 1, 1994
Uncategorized}

Additional Articles by Nancy Pearcey

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 1, 1994
Uncategorized}

Access Research Network maintains an additional archive of Nancy Pearcey’s writings at: http://www.arn.org/authors/pearcey.html