For the Rock Record: Geologists on Intelligent Design

Contents

C O N T E N T S Introduction 1 Jill S. Schneiderman and Warren D. Allmon part one rocks and bones 1. Charles Darwin Was a Geologist: Inorganic Complexity and the Rock Record 11 Jill S. Schneiderman 2. Creationist Perspectives on Geology 21 Timothy H. Heaton 3. Missing Links Found: Transitional Forms in the Fossil Mammal Record 39 Donald R. Prothero 4. Pigeonholing the “Dino-birds” 59 Allison R. Tumarkin-Deratzian part two education, politics, and philosophy 5. Pangloss, Paley, and the Privileged Planet: Parrying the Wedge Strategy in Earth Science Education 77 Mark Terry 6. It’s Not about the Evidence: The Role of Metaphysics in the Debate 93 Charles E. Mitchell 7. The Misguided Attack on Methodological Naturalism 117 Keith B. Miller 8. On the Origin of Species and the Limits of Science 141 David W. Goldsmith part three on religion 9. Teaching Evolution during the Week and Bible Study on Sunday 163 Patricia H. Kelley 10. The “God Spectrum” and the Uneven Search for a Consistent View of the Natural World 180 Warren D. Allmon Selected Resources Relevant to Intelligent Design 241 About the Contributors 247 Index 251 ...