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Odpowiedź dyskutantom
Reply to disputants

Author(s): Adam Grobler
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Instytut Filozofii, Uniwersytet Zielonogórski
Keywords: Intelligent Design; argument from low probability; intentional explanation; pseudo-explanation; superintelligence

Summary/Abstract: In the reply it is argued, first, that the argument from low probability does not work in the absence of additional assumptions. Second, arguments from laboratory, vestigial structures, and imitating nature in technology are reversed against ID. Third, the question of telling artefacts from natural objects is discussed in the context of the search for explanation. Finally, the neglect of the requirements for an explanation to be non-vacuous on the part of ID theorists is said to drive ID towards fideism rather than science.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 65-72
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish