Probing Beneath the Surface of the Intelligent Design Controversy
Tags: INTELLIGENT design (Teleology); REPORTERS & reporting; ACTIONS & defenses (Law) -- United States; NATURAL theology
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- Courtroom Testimony Offers an Excellent Road Map for Reporters. Gross, Paul R. // Nieman Reports;Winter2005, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p69
The article reflects on the news coverage of a Pennsylvania court case concerning Dover school board's decision to include intelligent design in its ninth grade biology curriculum. It presents a background of the case. It reveals the problem with the reporting of the case. It enumerates several...
- DARWIN IN THE DOCK. Talbot, Margaret // New Yorker;12/5/2005, Vol. 81 Issue 39, p66
This article speculates on the ruling of Judge John E. Jones III over the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District case about whether it is constitutional for public-school classes to present the argument of intelligent design. Proponents of intelligent design claimed that it was a bold new...
- SNAPSHOTS. // Education Week;1/11/2006, Vol. 25 Issue 18, p6
This article presents news briefs related to education in the U.S. The Dover, Pennsylvania, school district's policy of treating the concept of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution was relegated to the history books on January 3, 2006. The mother of a former 3rd grader in Prankfort,...
- Strengthening the Line Between News and Opinion. Bruce, Jeff // Nieman Reports;Winter2005, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p60
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- What "Intelligent Design"ers Are Really Designing. Boston, Rob // Education Digest;Mar2005, Vol. 70 Issue 7, p32
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- Solid journalism still best protection from libel suits when covering terrorism. Gauthier, Ashley // IRE Journal;Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p11
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- What is wrong with intelligent design? Dawes, Gregory // International Journal for Philosophy of Religion;Apr2007, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p69
While a great deal of abuse has been directed at intelligent design theory (ID), its starting point is a fact about biological organisms that cries out for explanation, namely �specified complexity� (SC). Advocates of ID deploy three kind of argument from specified complexity to the...
- How Does the Sun Shine? Lazio, Joseph // Reports of the National Center for Science Education;Sep/Oct2006, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p30
The article presents the author's comments on intelligent design (ID). The author illustrated the pros and cons of ID, taking examples from astronomy. He argued about some serious flaws in ID. He informed how ID proponents invoke irreducible complexity about observations about the world that...
- Will the Real ID Please Stand Up? Jeffery, Duane // Reports of the National Center for Science Education;Sep/Oct2006, Vol. 26 Issue 5, p32
The article presents information on the symposium entitled "Will the Real Intelligent Design Please Stand Up?," which took place on June 17, 2006 in Salt Lake City. It is reported that the program included four speakers and a closing panel discussion on intelligent design and its significance on...
