Intelligent Design from the viewpoint of complex systems theory

Frontiers of Philosophy in China 5 (3):461-470 (2010)
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Based on an analysis of the origins and characteristics of Intelligent Design, this essay discusses the related issues of probability and irreducible complexity. From the viewpoint of complex systems theory, I suggest that Intelligent Design is not, as certain advocates claim, the only reasonable approach for dealing with the current difficulties of evolutionary biology

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Chunyu Dong
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