A Philosopher’s Defense of Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design the Future

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Philosophy, Society & Culture, Astronomy, Life Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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At its core, intelligent design is the science of detecting design. It's a broadly accepted method used by scientists of all stripes in a variety of scientific disciplines. But when design hypotheses are applied to biology, cosmology, or physics, some claim it's no longer a scientific pursuit. On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid talks to philosopher and author Peter S. Williams about his recent book An Informed Cosmos: Essays on Intelligent Design Theory.

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0:00.0	I d the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design.
0:07.0	Welcome to ID the Future. I'm your host Andrew McDermott. Today I'm
0:18.6	speaking with philosopher Peter S. Williams about his recent book
0:22.1	An Informed Cosmos, essays on intelligent design theory.
0:26.7	Based in Southampton, England, Williams is assistant professor in communication and worldviews
0:31.8	at NLA University College at Gimmler-Collon in Norway.
0:36.7	He speaks internationally on topics and philosophy, apologetics and intelligent design.
0:42.3	Peter, welcome to ID the future.
0:44.0	Thank you so much for having me. It's a delight to join a show that I've been listening to for years.
0:51.0	Oh, excellent. Well, you've written several books throughout your career so far, and the
0:56.8	latest happens to be just published by Wif and Stoc this year. It's called An Informed Cosmos, Essays on Intelligent Design Theory.
1:05.0	Now obviously this came up on our radar and you got some early interest from Stephen Meyer and
1:10.8	we'll talk about that shortly. Our very own philosopher of science Stephen Meyer and we'll talk about that shortly. Our very own philosopher of science,
1:14.4	Stephen Meyer wrote the foreword to your book and so I'm really happy to have you on the
1:18.8	podcast to talk about some from a the
1:23.7	the
1:25.0	coming from a theistic evolution mindset
1:29.2	growing up you and your parents were comfortable with both the orthodox
1:32.4	scientific account of origins and a
1:35.1	belief in a theistic God.
1:37.0	Tell us about that.
1:38.0	Well, my parents were both Christians who met at Teacher- College where they were training to be science teachers.
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