ID as a Theory of Technological Evolution
William A. Dembski
Metanexus
August 10, 2001
One of the first paragraphs:
In Aristotle's distinction between art and nature lies the central issue in
the debate over biological evolution. The central issue is not the
interpretation of Genesis, nor whether humans are descended from apes, nor
whether all organisms trace their lineage to a last common ancestor. Indeed,
where one comes down on these side issues is irrelevant to the central
issue. The central issue is whether nature has sufficient resources in
herself to generate all of biological diversity or whether in addition
nature requires art to complete what nature alone cannot bring to a finish.
The Greek word for art is techne, from which we get our word technology. The
English word most commonly used to capture what Aristotle means by art
derives not from the Greek but from the Latin. That word is, of course,
design.
The whole article is at
http://www.discovery.org/viewDB/index.php3?command=view&id=828&program=CRSC
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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