• Darwin’s Perplexing Paradox : Intelligent Design in Nature 

      Thorvaldsen, Steinar; Øhrstrøm, Peter (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Today, many would assume that Charles Darwin absolutely rejected any claim of intelligent design in nature.However, review of his initial writings reveals that Darwin accepted some aspects of this view. His conceptualization of design was founded on both the cosmological and the teleological ideas from classical natural theology. When Darwin discovered the dynamic process of natural selection, ...
    • Intelligent Design in Historical Perspective 

      Øhrstrøm, Peter; Thorvaldsen, Steinar (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2007)
      The advocates of intelligent design hold that important properties or aspects of nature are intended i.e., that they are the results of intelligent planning and design. In other words, they maintain that some features of cosmos and nature (i.e., the physical universe and the living things) are caused by nonhuman intelligence. Nothing in particular is said about the nature of the designer. ...