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Intelligent design and the appeal of teleology. structure and diagnosis of a pseudoscientific doctrine
Titolo Rivista: PARADIGMI 
Autori/Curatori:  Telmo Pievani 
Anno di pubblicazione:  2013 Fascicolo: 1 Lingua: Italiano 
Numero pagine:  14 P. 151-164 Dimensione file:  172 KB
DOI:  10.3280/PARA2013-001010
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Uno studio filosofico e cognitivo degli argomenti addotti dai sostenitori dell’Intelligent Design (ID) mostra quanto essi siano attentamente predisposti per risultare attraenti a una mente, come quella umana, fortemente persuasa da sistemi di credenze di tipo teleologico - come già intuito da Darwin - e dall’attribuzione di intenzionalità e di finalità ai fenomeni naturali. Descriviamo qui come la struttura epistemica dell’ID sia consapevolmente plasmata da questa attrazione cognitiva presente in noi "nati per credere" e sia poi implementata da una forte familiarità con le regole talvolta fuorvianti dei dibattiti pubblici. Viene quindi delineata una possibile procedura di valutazione epistemologica di questa forma di pseudoscienza, a partire da gradi successivi di concessione del "beneficio del dubbio".


Keywords: Disegno intelligente, Pluralismo epistemologico, Ragionamento teleologico, Richiamo cognitivo, Unicità della biologia evolutiva.

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