The science question in intelligent design

Synthese

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-305

  Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Creationism; Demarcation problem; Evolution; Fundamentalism; Intelligent Design

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650205099     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9540-x     Document Type: Article

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