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Evolution vs. Creation: Where the Truth Lies
Miklošová, Zoana ; Lhotský, Josef (advisor) ; Stella, Marco (referee)
The debate between creationism and evolution remains vital after 80 years. Creation Science, represented by Young- Earth Creationism (YEC) and Old-Earth Creationism (OEC), denies fact of macroevolution and postulates based on Genesis model of separately created species. Thesis submits brief description of creationistic model and compares it with Darwinian idea of descent with modification from common ancestor. Primarily, the scientific and methodological merits of Creation Science are examined. In last two decades the position of Creation Science was rather decreasing. On the other hand, new phenomenon Intelligent Design (ID) became widely known. Although philosophical starting-points similar as creationistic ones ID introduces new arguments for supernatural design. This work analyses main tenets of ID - specified complexity and irreducible complexity of organisms. Again, ID's arguments are judged on its explanatory and methodological merits in confrontation with evolutional concepts reflecting recent post-neodarwinism development in biology. Key words: Creationism, biological evolution, Darwinism, Neodarwinism, Intelligent design, falsifiability, methodological naturalism
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