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- From: waynebro@juliet.caltech.edu (Broughton, Wayne Jeremy)
- Newsgroups: talk.origins
- Subject: Re: Creation vs. evolution
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 22:56 PST
- Organization: California Institute of Technology
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- In article <RLK.92Nov11180937@underprize.think.com>, rlk@underprize.think.com (Robert Krawitz) writes...
- >
- >2) The creation theory was first rejected by people who had originally
- >been creationists themselves. I'm referring to Buckland, Sedgwick,
- >Agassiz, and such. In fact, Sedgwick himself publicly recanted his
- >creation theory before the Royal Academy of Sciences in London (or some
- >such body; the reference is from Philip E. Kitcher's book whose title I
- >don't remember off the top of my head). Evolution (Darwin's book) only
- >
- It is titled "Abusing Science: The Case Against Creationism" (I am afraid
- I don't have any other bibliographical info at hand). I recommend it as
- an excellent book for those with as little biological knowledge as I had
- (and as Mr. Reardon gives every indication of having). It begins with a
- lucid introduction of evolutionary biology, and then considers C'nist
- objections in a hierarchical (or nested? branching? :-) ) fashion,
- beginning with objections against science generally, then claims that evo
- bio is not scientific, that evo contradicts scientific laws, and that
- evo contradicts specific data and observations. It then launches a
- scathing attack on what passes as C'nist theory, and concludes by
- considering the political nature of C'nism and the supposed sociological
- implications of evo. Kitcher is a philosopher of science rather than
- a scientist, so the book is not too technical scientifically but still
- requires concentration and thoughtful reading.
-
- I found this book in our campus library and suspect it is generally
- available (though now out of print). Mr. Reardon, I strongly suggest
- you read this book, with as open a mind as you can muster.
-
- Regards,
-
- Wayne.
- **********************************************************************
-
- Wayne J. Broughton Take the road less travelled by.
- waynebro@juliet.caltech.edu
- Department of Mathematics,
- Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
-
- Caltech has no idea what my opinions are;
- they think I'm working right now...
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