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Intelligent Design

Intelligent Design is the study of patterns in nature that are best explained as the result of intelligence. It contends that the directed organization of living things cannot be accounted for by purely blind natural forces but also requires intelligent agency for its proper explanation. Intelligent design needs to be distinguished from apparent design and optimal design. Apparent design looks designed but actually isn’t. Optimal design is perfect design. The adjective “intelligent” in front of “design” stresses that the design in question is actual, but makes no assumption about the optimality of design.

The two most prominent intelligent design theorists are William Dembski and Michael Behe. Dembski has developed a rigorous mathematical method using the criterion of specified complexity for inferring design. Behe's major contribution has been the notion of irreducible complexity and the hurdle that irreducibly complex systems pose for Darwinian evolution.

Web Resources On Intelligent Design

http://www.arn.org
http://www.idurc.org
http://www.iscid.org/mesa

Book Resources On Intelligent Design

Signs of Intelligence by William Dembski and James Kushner
Darwin's Black Box by Michael Behe
No Free Lunch by William Dembski

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