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Les livres de William Dembski, la plus célèbre figure du mouvement Intelligent Design (PhD en mathématiques, PhD en philosophie, MD en théologie) sont vraiment intéressants.
Il estime que les trois livre exposant son corpus théorique sont sa trilogie dont les premières éditions sont sorties dans cet ordre :
- 📖 Dembski, W. A., Ewert, W. (2023). The Design Inference, Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities (2nd ed.). Discovery Institute.
Dans lequel il élabore un cadre théorique pour inférer une causalité intelligente.
- 📖 Dembski, W. A. (2007) No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence. Rowman & Littlefield.
Dans lequel il élabore une science de l’information et de la complexité spécifiée.
- 📖 Dembski, W. A. (2014). Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information. Ashgate.
Dans lequel il élabore une métaphysique de l’information comme substance.
Même si c’est le 3e ouvrage de sa trilogie, il recommande de lire en premier Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information (2014).
Il s’apprête par ailleurs à sortir une 2nde édition de No Free Lunch: Why Specified Complexity Cannot Be Purchased without Intelligence.
J’ai trouvé d’autres de ses livres qui semblent très intéressants :
Winner of a Christianity Today 2005 Book Award! A 2005 Gold Medallion finalist. Is it science? Is it religion? What exactly is the Design Revolution? Today scientists, mathematicians and philosophers in the intelligent design movement are challenging a certain view of science—one that limits its investigations and procedures to purely law-like and mechanical explanations. They charge that there is no scientific reason to exclude the consideration of intelligence, agency and purpose from truly scientific research. In fact, they say, the practice of science often does already include these factors! As the intelligent design movement has gained momentum, questions have naturally arisen to challenge its provocative claims. In this book William A. Dembski rises to the occasion clearly and concisely answering the most vexing questions posed to the intelligent design program. Writing with nonexperts in mind, Dembski responds to more than sixty questions asked by experts and nonexperts alike who have attended his many public lectures, as well as objections raised in written reviews. The Design Revolution has begun. Its success depends on how well it answers the questions of its detractors. Read this book and you’ll have a good idea of the prospects and challenges facing this revolution in scientific thinking.
Science has made great strides in modeling space, time, mass and energy. Yet little attention has been paid to the precise representation of the information ubiquitous in nature. Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics fuses results from complexity modeling and information theory that allow both meaning and design difficulty in nature to be measured in bits. Built on the foundation of a series of peer-reviewed papers published by the authors, the book is written at a level easily understandable to readers with knowledge of rudimentary high school math. Those seeking a quick first read or those not interested in mathematical detail can skip marked sections in the monograph and still experience the impact of this new and exciting model of nature’s information. This book is written for enthusiasts in science, engineering and mathematics interested in understanding the essential role of information in closely examined evolution theory.