REDESIGNING THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN

Titolo Rivista PARADIGMI
Autori/Curatori Philippe Huneman
Anno di pubblicazione 2015 Fascicolo 2015/2 Lingua Inglese
Numero pagine 28 P. 105-132 Dimensione file 116 KB
DOI 10.3280/PARA2015-002008
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L’articolo mette in discussione gli "argomenti del disegno" che inferivano dalle funzioni degli organismi, dalle loro strutture o dal loro adattarsi all’ambiente, il fatto che fossero stati progettati da un architetto intelligente. Questi argomenti sono molto antichi e hanno pervaso la filosofia e la storia naturale sin dall’antichità. Ogni loro versione connette in qualche modo le funzioni, le strutture e la complessità con la casualità e la bassa probabilità. Darwin sostenne di avere risolto tale argomento, perché la selezione naturale elimina il bisogno di riferirsi ad un progettista. Dopo aver distinto diversi tipi di argomenti, si analizza la loro struttura razionale nei termini delle nozioni computazionali di complessità e casualità. Infine, mostro la ragione per cui la selezione naturale risolve l’argomento del disegno

Keywords:Argomento del disegno, casualità, complessità, Darwin, probabilità.

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Philippe Huneman, REDESIGNING THE ARGUMENT FROM DESIGN in "PARADIGMI" 2/2015, pp 105-132, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2015-002008