> Re: ID theory, auxiliary hypotheses, and carbon
>
> David Campbell (bivalve@mailserv0.isis.unc.edu)
> Wed, 29 Oct 1997 19:17:32 -0400
>
> >Seriously, though, it seems that ID theory is operating with two
> >conflicting paradigms. Fine-tuning of natural laws is embraced as
> >evidence of design in cosmology and geological history, but forcefully
> >rejected as inadequate for biological history. I would very much like
> >to see that apparent conflict addressed by as many people as are
> >willing.
>
> I agree with you that this is a problem with ID as I have encountered it.
> I suspect that Platonism is a philosophical view that (consciously or
> unknowingly derived from previous authors) contributes to this rejection of
> transitions. (Moreland, in Creation Hypothesis, specifically endorses
> Platonism). Evolution by natural selection seems to me to be a wise way of
> maintaining life through varying conditions over time.
>
> David Campbell