Evolution and its rivals

[salvorhardin]

I'll be cross-posting this in the Science forum too, but thought the denizens of R&T might be interested in this too.

A special issue of the philosophy journal Synthese was just published, focusing on the creationism/evolution debate. Some great articles in here for anyone interested in evolution vs. creationism/intelligent design or philosophy of science, although the inclusion of James Fetzer pimping for David Ray Griffin seems odd. Gauging by the abstract alone, David Ray Griffin looks to be as bad at philosophy as he is at mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics. But the rest of the authors are fantastic, including Barbara Forrest, John Wilkins, Wesley Elsberry and Jeffrey Shallit. All articles are free for download until December 31st.

Linky: http://www.springerlink.com/content/0039-7857/178/2/

Contents:
Introduction -- Glenn Branch
Can’t philosophers tell the difference between science and religion?: Demarcation revisited -- Robert T. Pennock
Are creationists rational? -- John S. Wilkins
Foiling the Black Knight -- Kelly C. Smith
Information theory, evolutionary computation, and Dembski’s “complex specified information” -- Wesley Elsberry and Jeffrey Shallit
Design and its discontents -- Bruce H. Weber
The science question in intelligent design -- Sahotra Sarkar
Intelligent design in theological perspective -- Niall Shanks and Keith Green
The non-epistemology of intelligent design: its implications for public policy -- Barbara Forrest
Evolution and atheism: Has Griffin reconciled science and religion? -- James H. Fetzer