The Anti-naturalism of Intelligent Design Theory
Abstract
It is commonly known that the theory of intelligent design is anti-naturalistic. The anti-naturalism of this theory is usually interpreted as a methodological or metaphysical one. In other words, the theory of intelligent design is considered as a kind of creationism (“creationism in a cheap tuxedo”) and is also often named “neo-creationism.” In the paper I am arguing that this qualification is wrong and is implied by assuming an inappropriate sense of the ambiguous term “naturalism”.
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