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The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities

AUTHOR Dembski, William A.; Ewert, Winston
PUBLISHER Discovery Institute (11/16/2023)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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A landmark of the intelligent design movement, The Design Inference revolutionized our understanding of how we detect intelligent causation. Originally published twenty-five years ago, it has now been revised and expanded into a second edition that greatly sharpens its exploration of design inferences. This new edition tackles questions about design left unanswered by David Hume and Charles Darwin, navigating the intricate nexus of chance, probability, and design, and thereby offering a novel lens for understanding the world. Using modern concepts of probability and information, it exposes the inadequacy of undirected causes in scientific inquiry. It lays out how we infer design via events that are both improbable and specified. Amid controversial applications to biology, it makes a compelling case for intelligent design, challenging the prevalent neo-Darwinian evolutionary narrative. Dembski and Ewert have written a groundbreaking work that doesn't merely comment on contemporary scientific discourse but fundamentally transforms it.

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ISBN-13: 9781637120330
ISBN-10: 1637120338
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
Edition Number: 0002
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Page Count: 584
Carton Quantity: 12
Product Dimensions: 6.00 x 1.25 x 9.00 inches
Weight: 2.08 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General
Mathematics | Information Theory
Mathematics | Life Sciences - Evolution
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A landmark of the intelligent design movement, The Design Inference revolutionized our understanding of how we detect intelligent causation. Originally published twenty-five years ago, it has now been revised and expanded into a second edition that greatly sharpens its exploration of design inferences. This new edition tackles questions about design left unanswered by David Hume and Charles Darwin, navigating the intricate nexus of chance, probability, and design, and thereby offering a novel lens for understanding the world. Using modern concepts of probability and information, it exposes the inadequacy of undirected causes in scientific inquiry. It lays out how we infer design via events that are both improbable and specified. Amid controversial applications to biology, it makes a compelling case for intelligent design, challenging the prevalent neo-Darwinian evolutionary narrative. Dembski and Ewert have written a groundbreaking work that doesn't merely comment on contemporary scientific discourse but fundamentally transforms it.

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