Author, as appears in the article.: Hortolà P

Department: Història i Història de l'Art

URV's Author/s: Hortolà i Gómez, Policarp

Keywords: Scientific method Neocrea-tionism Darwinism Cosmic history Antievolutionism neocreationism darwinism cosmic history antievolutionism

Abstract: © 2020 ‘Uchitel’ Publishing House. When scientific method is not scrupulously followed, we move from objective to subjective knowledge. An example is provided by theistic cosmogonies, such as, the so-called theory (hypothesis, in reality) of ‘intelligent design’ (ID). It claims adequacy with all of the criteria defining scientific theory, thus placing it on an equal footing with evo-lutionism. Its motto can be summarised as ‘evolution – yes, but by divine design, not by natural selection.’ In this paper, the author ex-pounds some of the thermodynamic and biological arguments imply-ing that ID is an intrinsically religious notion that does not meet any scientific requirements and that simply represents another attempt to make cynical use of science in favour of unscientific postulates.

Thematic Areas: Sociology and political science Social issues History Ciencias sociales Ciencias humanas Anthropology

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: policarp.hortola@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-2867-6531

Record's date: 2023-04-22

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.sociostudies.org/journal/articles/2759580/

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Social Evolution And History. 19 (2): 3-19

APA: Hortolà P (2020). From thermodynamics to biology: A critical approach to ‘intelligent design’ hypothesis. Social Evolution And History, 19(2), 3-19. DOI: 10.30884/seh/2020.02.01

Article's DOI: 10.30884/seh/2020.02.01

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications