TY - JOUR
AU1 - Schoen, Edward
AB - Int J Philos Relig (2008) 64:167–171 DOI 10.1007/s11153-008-9169-6 Sahotra Sarkar, Doubting Darwin: Creationist Designs on Evolution (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series) Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA, 2007, xvii and 214 pp, $19.95 Edward L. Schoen Published online: 17 April 2008 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 As Professor of Integrative Biology and Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin, Sahotra Sarkar has no sympathy for Intelligent Design. It is not a serious alternative to standard evolutionary theory, nor even of supplemental value in bio- logical coursework. In the opening lines of his Preface, Sarkar mockingly commends President Bush for winning at least one war, the war against science. Then, he sets Intelligent Design within the context of a wider fundamentalist agenda, one insidiously committed to reviving sectarian religion in public life, especially public classroom life. Despite the vitriolic aggression of these early pages, Sarkar promises a fair, nonpo- litical assessment of both the scientific and philosophical arguments used by promi- nent Intelligent Design theorists, most specifically, William A. Dembski and Michael J. Behe. Remarkably, he manages to keep his promise, at least for the most part. In the first chapter, Sarkar charts the overall plan of his book. Unlike old-fashioned 
TI - Sahotra Sarkar, Doubting Darwin: Creationist Designs on Evolution (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series)
JF - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion
DO - 10.1007/s11153-008-9169-6
DA - 2008-04-17
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/sahotra-sarkar-doubting-darwin-creationist-designs-on-evolution-HJVWqk5AO1
SP - 167
EP - 171
VL - 64
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
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