Stephen C. Meyer

Darwin’s Doubt

Type:: book
Date:: June 03, 2014
In:: Creation and Design, Evolution, History of Science, Philosophy of Science

When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin ... » Go

Stephen C. Meyer on Top-down Causation

Type:: quote
Date:: June 03, 2014
In:: Creation and Design

“Top-down” causation begins with a basic architecture, blueprint, or plan and then proceeds to assemble parts in accord with it. The blueprint stands causally prior ... » Go

Stephen C. Meyer on Explaining Cambrian Abruptness

Type:: quote
Date:: June 03, 2014
In:: Creation and Design

Intelligent agents sometimes produce material entities through a series of gradual modifications (as when a sculptor shapes a sculpture over time). Nevertheless, intelligent agents also ... » Go

Darwinism, Design, and Public Education

Type:: book
Date:: December 01, 2003
In:: Evolution

There are two controversies surrounding neo-Darwinian evolution – one scientific about Darwin’s theory itself and the merits of intelligent design theory, and a second over ... » Go

Stephen C. Meyer on Demarcating Science

Type:: quote
Date:: March 01, 1994
In:: Origins + Science

Philosophers of science have generally lost patience with attempts to discredit theories as “unscientific” by using philosophical or methodological litmus tests. Such so-called “demarcation criteria” — ... » Go