Miller Flashcards

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Why is ID a “science-stopper”? (Plantinga and Ruse)

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ID is a paradigm and normal science fears that ID won’t need to discover.

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How does Miller say Behe’s argument is not traditional creationism?

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Behe’s irreducible complexity makes Darwinian evolution impossible in principle, whereas traditional arguments rely on attacking gaps in intermediates, etc

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Miller on Behe’s logic

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“Machines-> irreducibly complex
Therefore, those machines will not be evolutionarily feasible without even one bit.
Darwinian selection could not lead to such irreducibility.
ID”
Statement 3 is weak link, given that new research shows intermediates in eel sperm flagellum, protein pump, etc.

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