Agents under fire : materialism and the rationality of science /

Menuge, Angus J. L.

Agents under fire : materialism and the rationality of science / Angus Menuge. - Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2004. - xxiv, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Skyhooks and cranes : the challenge of reductionism -- Strong agent reductionism : materialism and the rationality of science -- Weak agent reductionism : science and the rationality of materialism -- Bait and switch : indirectness and biological unity -- The alchemy of the mind : indirectness and psychological unity -- Beyond Skinnerian creatures : a defense of the Lewis-Plantinga argument against evolutionary naturalism -- Intentionality, information, and displacement : the legitimacy of design -- Science and Christianity : dogmatism and dialogue.

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Religion and science.
Intelligent design (Teleology)
Reductionism.
Rationalism.
Materialism.

BL240.3 / .M46 2004