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The Design Revolution

2004 book by William A. Dembski

Field	Value
name	The Design Revolution
image	File:The Design Revolution.jpg
caption	Cover
author	William A. Dembski
country	United States
language	English
subject	Intelligent design
publisher	InterVarsity Press
pub_date	2004
media_type	Print
pages	334
isbn	0-8308-3216-5
oclc	123119351
preceded_by	No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence
followed_by	Intelligent Design: The Bridge Between Science and Theology

The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design is a 2004 book by William A. Dembski, who supports intelligent design, and the idea that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not a naturalistic process such as natural selection. The book is written in question/answer format from Dembski's point of view as one of the conceptual leaders in the movement. Each chapter is about 4 pages long and addresses one specific question. Dembski describes these questions as from his prior ten years experience in lectures, media interviews, and published criticism by the scientific community{{cite book

In the preface Dembski states he is progressively more convinced that Intelligent Design will revolutionize science, and that revolutionaries must be willing to take abuse and ridicule by the ruling elite, in this case the "dogmatic Darwinists and scientific naturalists."

Criticism

Mathematician Jeffrey Shallit criticises the book for evasion and dissembling. Mark Perakh mentions this book in his criticisms of Dembski, criticizing that the index does not contain the names of prominent critics.

References

See: 1) [[List of scientific societies rejecting intelligent design]] 2) [[Wikisource:Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District/4:Whether ID Is Science#Page 83 of 139. Kitzmiller v. Dover page 83]]. The Discovery Institute's [http://www.dissentfromdarwin.org/ Dissent From Darwin Petition] has been signed by about 500 scientists. The AAAS, the largest association of scientists in the U.S., has 120,000 members, and [https://www.aaas.org/news/aaas-board-resolution-intelligent-design-theory firmly rejects intelligent design and denies that there is a legitimate scientific controversy]. More than 70,000 Australian scientists and educators [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723032015/http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/news/2005/intelligent.html condemn teaching of intelligent design in school science classes]. [http://www.ncseweb.org/resources/articles/8408_statements_from_scientific_and_12_19_2002.asp List of statements from scientific professional organizations] {{webarchive. link. (2008-03-28 on the status intelligent design and other forms of creationism.)
[http://www.talkreason.org/articles/revolution.cfm The design revolution? How William Dembski Is Dodging Questions About Intelligent Design], [[Mark Perakh]], "We don't see in that index the following names: Rich Baldwin, Eli Chiprout, [[Taner Edis]], Ellery Eels, [[Branden Fitelson]], [[Philip Kitcher]], Peter Milne, [[Massimo Pigliucci]], Del Ratzsch, Jeff Shallit, [[Niall Shanks]], [[Jordan Howard Sobel. Jordan H. Sobel]], [[Jason Rosenhouse]], Christopher Stephenson, Richard Wein, and Matt Young. All these writers have analyzed in detail Dembski's literary output and demonstrated multiple errors, fallacious concepts and inconsistencies which are a trademark of his prolific production."

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