The Design Inference

Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities

By:

William A Dembski

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction & Decision Theory

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The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating their key trademark: specified events of small probability. Just about anything that happens is highly improbable, but when a highly improbable event is also specified (i.e. conforms to an independently given pattern) undirected natural causes lose their explanatory power. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative 1998 book shows how incomplete undirected causes are for science and breathes new life into classical design arguments. It will be read with particular interest by philosophers of science and religion, other philosophers concerned with epistemology and logic, probability and complexity theorists, and statisticians.

Author Biography:

William A. Dembski is Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle, and Carl F. H. Henry Professor of Theology and Science, Southern Seminary, Louisville.

Release date NZ

January 9th, 2006

Author

William A Dembski

Audience

Professional & Vocational

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Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

264

Series

Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction & Decision Theory

Dimensions

162x229x12

ISBN-13

9780521678674

Product ID

2480998

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