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2000 Utah L. Rev. 39 (2000)
Teaching the Origins Controversy: Science, or Religion, or Speech

handle is hein.journals/utahlr2000 and id is 49 raw text is: Teaching the Origins Controversy: Science, Or Religion, Or Speech? David K. DeWolf Stephen C. Meyer * Mark Edward DeForrest TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION ..................................... 40 II. ABRiEF HISTORY OFTHE ORIGINS CONTROVERSY ........... 46 A. Classical Science-Based Design Arguments ............. 46 B. Darwin and the Eclipse of Design ..................... 48 C. Problems with the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis and the Re-emergence of Design ............................ 49 HI. MAY SPOKES TEACH CRITICISM? ........................ 56 IV. ABRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY DESIGN THEORY . . 59 A. A Theory of Intelligent Design ....................... 59 B. Design Theory: An Empirical Basis? .................. 61 V. BUT Is IT SCIENCE? DARWINISM, DESIGN AND DEMARCATION .. 66 A. McLean v. Arkansas and the Definition of Science ........ 66 B. The Demise of Demarcation Arguments ................ 68 C. Majority and Minority Opinions ...................... 73 D. Novel Paradigms v. Establishment Science: Majority and Minority Perspectives in Science ...................... 74 E. Daubert's Redefinition of Science ..................... 76 F. An Answer for Spokes .............................. 78 VI. IS IT RELIGION? THE THEORY OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN AND THE ESTABLISHMIENT CLAUSE ........................... 79 A. Defining Religion ................................. 80 Professor of Law, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA. B.A., Stanford University, 1971; J.D., Yale Law School, 1979. -Associate Professor of Philosophy, Whitworth College; Director, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, DiscoveryInstitute, Seattle, WA. B.A., Whitworth College, 1980; Ph.D., Cambridge University, 1991. -*Instructor, Central Washington University. B.A., Western Washington University, 1992; J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, 1997.

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