Traipsing Into Evolution: Intelligent Design and the Kitzmiller v. Dover Decision

by David K. DeWolf, John G. West, Casey Luskin

Traipsing into Intelligent Design and the Kitzmiller v. Dover Decision is a legal critique of of the factual and legal flaws in Judge John E. Jones III's Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School Board (2005), a controversial district court decision about the teaching of intelligent design in public schools. Jointly authored by David K. DeWolf, John G. West, Casey Luskin, and Jonathan Witt.

Genres: Intelligent Design, Science

124 pages, Paperback

First published March 7, 2006

Reviews

[Dan DalMonte · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a clearly written and compelling book about a pompous judge who took upon himself a philosophical authority to pontificate about what is and is not science. The judge fails to see that intelligent design is an empirical theory and not one that has any necessary implications for the supernatural. Those who attack intelligent design also have significant ideological presuppositions, as they seek to replace natural theology with evolution. There is a concern that suppression of academic dissent will wound the progress of science. We are on the verge of a paradigm shift where a lot of scientists committed to the neo-Darwinian framework cannot accept new evidence. The irreducible complexity of the phenomena of life means that it cannot have been created through a piecemeal process of random mutation.

[Mike · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolutely hilarious and kind of endearing, in a totally wrong-headed sort of way. Good fodder for a paper I wrote back in law school on how ID'ers were going to try to bounce back from the Dover decision, though!