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　　Are evolution and creation irreconcilably opposed? Is

'intelligent design' theory an unhappy compromise? Is there another

way of approaching the present-day divide between religious and

so-called secular views of the origins of life? Jacob Klapwijk

offers a philosophical analysis of the relation of evolutionary

biology to religion, and addresses the question of whether the

evolution of life is exclusively a matter of chance or is better

understood as including the notion of purpose. Writing from a

Christian (Augustinian) point of view, he criticizes creationism

and intelligent design theory as well as opposing reductive

naturalism. He offers an alternative to both and an attempt to

bridge the gap between them, via the idea of 'emergent evolution'.

In this theory the process of evolution has an emergent or

innovative character resulting in a living world of ingenious,

multifaceted complexity.

Preface

Introduction

1. Does life on Earth have a purpose?

2. Creationism, intelligent design, and Augustine's idea of

time

3. Darwin, neo-Darwinism and the naturalistic continuity

claim

4. Miller's pre-biotic broth and the premises of evolutionism

5. A cold shudder along Darwin's back

6. The emergence theory of Morgan and Alexander

7. Luctor et emergo: what is emergent evolution?

8. Towards a general theory of emergent evolution

9. Hominization and the philosophy of mind

10. Augustinian faith and evolutionary science

11. The organism is a whole. The world is a habitat

12. The slumbering temptation of essentialism

13. Questions surrounding the emergence process

14. Enkapsis in nature. Is there an omega point?

Bibliography

Index.

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书籍介绍

Jacob Klapwijk considers the stark choice many believers and non-believers face between religious notions concerning the origins of life and the contemporary findings of evolutionary science. He offers an alternative to both and an attempt to bridge the gap between them, via the idea of 'emergent evolution'.