STEPHEN MEYER INVESTIGATES SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR INTELLIGENT DESIGN
TAUGHT BY STEPHEN C. MEYER
Join philosopher of science Stephen Meyer as he investigates the scientific evidence for intelligent design in the origin of life, the development of biological complexity, and physics and cosmology. In 42 short video lectures, Meyer explores the scientific basis for the theory of intelligent design—the idea that key features of life and the universe are best explained as the product of an intelligent cause rather than an unguided process. In this course, Meyer will guide you through the major concepts and information presented in his pathbreaking books Signature in the Cell and Darwin’s Doubt, as well as previewing some of the material about physics and cosmology in his book The Return of the God Hypothesis. Each video lecture is accompanied by a short quiz, and a special digital certificate of completion is offered for those who finish the course.
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Course Outline
FREE PREVIEWLecture 1: Introduction to Course
FREE PREVIEWQuiz1
FREE PREVIEWLecture 2: Darwin’s Challenge to Intelligent Design
Quiz 2
Lecture 3: Theories of the Origin of Life in the Nineteenth Century
Quiz3
Lecture 4: Oparin’s Theory of the Origin of Life
Quiz 4
Lecture 5: The Amazing Complexity of Proteins
Quiz 5
Lecture 6: The Role of DNA
Quiz 6
Lecture 7: The DNA Enigma
Quiz 7
Lecture 8: What Kind of Information Does DNA Contain?
Quiz 8
Lecture 9: Explanations for the Origin of Life—Chance
Quiz 9
Lecture 10: Explanations for the Origin of Life—Self-Organization
Quiz 10
Lecture 11: Explanations for the Origin of Life—Pre-Biotic Natural Selection
Quiz 11
Lecture 12: Introduction to Intelligent Design
Quiz 12
Lecture 13: Objections to Intelligent Design—Is Intelligent Design Science?
Quiz 13
Lecture 14: Objections to Intelligent Design—Argument from Ignorance?
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Lecture 15: Objections to Intelligent Design—RNA World, pt. 1
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Lecture 16: Objections to Intelligent Design—RNA World, pt. 2
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Lecture 17: Objections to Intelligent Design—RNA World, pt. 3
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Lecture 18: Objections to Intelligent Design—Junk DNA
Quiz 18
Lecture 19: Another Information Problem in the History of Life
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Lecture 20: The Cambrian Explosion
Quiz 20
Lecture 21: The Mystery of the Missing Fossils—The Burgess Shale
Quiz 21
Lecture 22: The Mystery of the Missing Fossils—The Chenjiang Fauna
Quiz 22
Lecture 23: What Does It Take to Build an Animal?
Quiz 23
Lecture 24: Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism—Combinatorial Searches, pt. 1
Quiz 24
Lecture 25: Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism—Combinatorial Searches, pt. 2
Quiz 25
Lecture 26: Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism—Developmental Mutations and Gene Regulatory Networks
Quiz 26
Lecture 27: Challenges to the Neo-Darwinian Mechanism—Information beyond DNA
Quiz 27
Lecture 28: The Positive Case for Intelligent Design, pt. 1
Quiz 28
Lecture 29: The Positive Case for Intelligent Design, pt. 2
Quiz 29
Lecture 30: The Positive Case for Intelligent Design, pt. 3
Quiz 30
Lecture 31: Responding to Critics—Charles Marshall
Quiz 31
Lecture 32: Responding to Critics—Dennis Venema and Deborah Haarsma
Quiz 32
Lecture 33: Responding to Critics—Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins
Quiz 33
Lecture 34: Who Is the Designer?
Quiz 34
Lecture 35: One Man’s Journey
Quiz 35
Lecture 36: What Is Fine-Tuning?
Quiz 36
Lecture 37: How Do We Recognize Design?
Quiz 37
Lecture 38: Weak Anthropic Principle and Natural Law
Quiz 38
Lecture 39: The Multiverse, pt. 1
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Lecture 40: The Multiverse, pt. 2
Quiz 40
Lecture 41: The Multiverse, pt. 3
Quiz 41
Lecture 42: Who Is the Designer—Final Thoughts
Quiz 42