Is Intelligent Design Science? The Scientific Status and Future of Design-Theoretic Explanations

In James M. Kushiner & William A. Dembski (eds.), Signs of Intelligence: Understanding Intelligent Design. Brazos Press. pp. 193-216 (2001)
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This essay argues that, despite the failure of demarcation criteria for separating science from non-science, the mathematics of design and design-theoretic inferences nonetheless satisfy all the criteria of various competing theories of scientific explanation.

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