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Critique of intelligent design : materialism versus creationism from antiquity to the present / by John Bellamy Foster, Brett Clark and Richard York.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi : Aakar, 2008.Description: 240pISBN:
  • 9789350020319
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 146.3 FOS.C
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Contents:
Introduction -- The wedge strategy -- Epicurus's swerve -- Enlightenment materialism and natural theology -- Marx's critique of heaven and critique of earth -- On the origin of Darwinism -- Freud and the illusions of religion -- In defense of natural science -- Replaying the tape of life -- The end of the wedge.
Summary: Critique of Intelligent Design is a compelling account of the debate between materialism and religion as well as an overview of the contemporary fight concerning nature, science, history, morality, and knowledge. The authors demonstrate how historical materialism is a crucial social foundation from which to confront intelligent design. They provide a fascinating account of the development of science in opposition to the proponents of "received wisdom." --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-232) and index.

Introduction -- The wedge strategy -- Epicurus's swerve -- Enlightenment materialism and natural theology -- Marx's critique of heaven and critique of earth -- On the origin of Darwinism -- Freud and the illusions of religion -- In defense of natural science -- Replaying the tape of life -- The end of the wedge.

Critique of Intelligent Design is a compelling account of the debate between materialism and religion as well as an overview of the contemporary fight concerning nature, science, history, morality, and knowledge. The authors demonstrate how historical materialism is a crucial social foundation from which to confront intelligent design. They provide a fascinating account of the development of science in opposition to the proponents of "received wisdom." --from publisher description

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