PHIL 2400 1st editionLecture 17Unit: Evolution in Schools? Part 2Required readings:“In the Beginning” from God on Trial p. 319-338Outline of Current Lecture I. Intelligent Designa. Beheb. CriticsII. School Board Meeting of DoverIII. Memorandum 2005Current Lecture Intelligent Design 1990s Behe Irreducible Complexity- The idea that certain things in nature are so complex that they can’t be reduced to an earlier for and therefore must have always existed in their present form Famous example is the flagella of certain bacteria – tail that turns completely around on a rotor is used for steering- Focused on the final product and then stated that couldn’t have been anything else Critics of ID Intelligent Design is not science because science works to establish predictions, whereas ID has produced none Scientific theories need a body of questions to work on and experiment with School Board Meeting of Dover January 9, 2002 Meeting was held to have general discussions about what to teach in schools State standards revised to teach evolution and natural selection in classroom March Bill Buckingham suggested that Creationism be taught in the classroom April Teachers had a meeting and decided to teach evolution to the students June, 2004 Board meeting to update textbooksThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. It was eventually settled to have two separate textbooks, one would teach evolution and the other would teach creationism, be funded for by a private group and be placed at the back of the classroom Memorandum Opinion in Kitzmiller et al V Dover Area School District December 20, 2005 Document written to be presented to students by the Board promoting creationist textbook Of Pandas and People and suggest the Evolutionary Theory was somehow inferior Class discussion over
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