Intelligent Design and the Nature of Science: Philosophical and Pedagogical Points

History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-238

  Brigandt, Ingo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary Theory; Extant Species; Intelligent Design; Methodological Naturalism; Science Education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098064569     PISSN: 22111948     EISSN: 22111956     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6537-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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