文档介绍：EVOLUTION
EVOLUTION: A CRITIQUE AND EVALUATION
Prepared by Ner Le’Elef
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EVOLUTION
Evolution: A Critique and Evaluation
Prepared by Ner Le’Elef
Publication date 24 May 2001
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EVOLUTION: A CRITIQUE AND EVALUATION
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NOTES 9
CHAPTER A: EVOLUTION 10
i-Description 11
CHAPTER B: CRITIQUE: THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN 13
i-Introduction 14
ii-High Improbability 19
iii-The Molecular Challenge - Complexity and Inter-Relatedness 22
iv-Life - Principles plexity 23
plexity 23
anization 23
c-Uniqueness 23
d-Emergence 24
e-Holism 24
f-Unpredictability 24
g-Openness, interconnectedness and disequilibrium 24
h-Evolution 24
i-Teleology or teleonomy 24
j-Autonomy 25
k-Reproduction 25
l-Metabolism 25
m-Nutrition 25
n-Growth and Development 25
o-Information content 25
p-Hardware/software entanglement 26
q-Permanence and change 26
v-The Tree of Life Seems to Have Direction 26
vi-The Beginnings Of Life 28
vii-Later Developments 42
a-Cumulative selection 45
b-The argument from des