... Materialism The Blind Watchmaker, by the biologist Richard Dawkins, carries the subtitle Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe without Design. Much of the book is a clear and forceful presentation of current evolutionary theory and a defense of orthodox neo-Darwinism against its religious critics. For example, some critics ... xv] Such a "two realms" position can be used to protect high school science teachers from interference by religious groups. In his recent book, Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life, Stephen Jay Gould presents science and religion a...

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