What is wrong with intelligent design?
This article reviews two standard criticisms of creationism/intelligent design (ID)): it is unfalsifiable, and it is refuted by the many imperfect adaptations found in nature. Problems with both criticisms are discussed. A conception of testability is described that avoids the defects in Karl Popper's falsifiability criterion. Although ID comes in multiple forms, which call for different criticisms, it emerges that ID fails to constitute a serious alternative to evolutionary theory.
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Philosophy Department, University of Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA. ERSOBER@WISC.EDU
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006801:Humans; D010802:Phylogeny; D012067:Religion