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^{Phillip E. Johnson
June 1, 1994
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Articles by Phillip E. Johnson

_{Phillip E. Johnson
June 1, 1994
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This page links to the Phillip E. Johnson page maintained by the Access Research Network. Read More ›

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^{Stephen C. Meyer
December 6, 1993
Intelligent Design}

Danger: Indoctrination

_{Stephen C. Meyer
December 6, 1993
Intelligent Design}

A distinguished biology professor, Dean Kenyon, was forbidden to teach his course not because he taught evolutionary theory (which he did) but because he offered a critical assessment of it. Read More ›

^{Multiple Authors
May 2, 1993
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Homology:

_{Multiple Authors
May 2, 1993
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Before Darwin, homology was defined morphologically and explained by reference to ideal archetypes -- that is, to intelligent design. Darwin reformulated biology in naturalistic* rather than teleological terms, and explained homology as the result of descent with modification from a common ancestor. Descent with modification, however, renders design unnecessary only if it is due entirely tonaturalistic mechanisms. Two such mechanisms have been proposed, genetic programs and developmental pathways, but neither one fits the evidence. Without an empirically demonstrated naturalistic mechanism to account for homology, design remains a possibility which can only be excluded on the basis of questionable philosophical assumptions. * In this article, "naturalism" and "naturalistic" refer to the philosophical doctrine that nature is the whole of reality, and that intelligent causation does not qualify as a scientific explanation. Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski
October 1, 1990
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design}

Converting Matter into Mind

_{William A. Dembski
October 1, 1990
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design}

Introduction In the Foundations of Cognitive Science Herbert Simon and Craig Kaplan offer the following definition: Cognitive science is the study of intelligence and intelligent systems, with particular reference to intelligent behavior as computation. Since this definition hinges on the dual notions of intelligence and computation, it remains scientifically unobjectionable so long as one declines to prejudge the relation between Read More ›