Re: 'Directed' evolution?

Glenn R. Morton (grmorton@waymark.net)
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 23:31:23 -0500

At 12:05 AM 9/22/98 -0400, Howard J. Van Till wrote:
>Glenn,
>
>I have no vested interest in defending Denton, but I think the key is to
>distinguish *Darwinism* and *Darwinian* evolution from the broader concept
>of macroevolution and common descent. Denton (like Shapiro?) uses the term
>*Darwinism* to represent a particular version of evolutionary theory that
>emphasizes random point mutations and natural selection as *the* principal
>mechanisms.
>
>The extrapolation from Denton's limited criticism of Darwinism to broadside
>attacks against the whole concept of biological evolution (by whatever
>means) is something that has been done TO Denton by those who have a very
>different agenda. I suspect Denton was innocently unaware of how his
>criticisms would be employed by the episodic creationist crowd. He made a
>number of very specific disclaimers in the second book that should prevent
>that exploitation of his anti-Darwinian judgments.
>

Thanks for the info. It may very well be that Denton was misrepresented in
the past. I will have to get his new book.
glenn

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