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The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities
William A. Dembski
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Description for The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities
hardcover. This 1998 book breathes new life into classical design arguments, showing how incomplete undirected causes are for science. Series Editor(s): Skyrms, Brian; Adams, Ernest W.; Binmore, Ken; Butterfield, Jeremy; Diaconis, Persi; Harper, William L.; Harsanyi, John; Jeffrey, Richard C.; Spohn, Wolfgang. Series: Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory. Num Pages: 264 pages, notes, references. BIC Classification: HPL; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 525. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating their key trademark: specified events of small probability. Just about anything that happens is highly improbable, but when a highly improbable event is also specified (i.e. conforms to an independently given pattern) undirected natural causes lose their explanatory power. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative 1998 book shows how incomplete undirected causes are for science and breathes new life into classical design arguments. It will be read ... Read more
The design inference uncovers intelligent causes by isolating their key trademark: specified events of small probability. Just about anything that happens is highly improbable, but when a highly improbable event is also specified (i.e. conforms to an independently given pattern) undirected natural causes lose their explanatory power. Design inferences can be found in a range of scientific pursuits from forensic science to research into the origins of life to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. This challenging and provocative 1998 book shows how incomplete undirected causes are for science and breathes new life into classical design arguments. It will be read ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Cambridge Studies in Probability, Induction and Decision Theory
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521623872
SKU
KSG0032675
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About William A. Dembski
William A. Dembski is Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture in Seattle, and Carl F. H. Henry Professor of Theology and Science, Southern Seminary, Louisville.
Reviews for The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities
"...quite readable. Those who have no knowledge of the mathematics of probability may be put off, but in fact the level of mathematics and symbolic logic employed is not very difficult...The main arguments...are given in ordinary prose, then translated into symbols...Dembski has made a real advance in probability and information theory..." Books & Culture "...generally careful and ... Read more