Providence Lost: A Critique of Darwinism

Providence Lost: A Critique of Darwinism is an anti-evolution book written by philosopher Richard Spilsbury and published by the Oxford University Press in 1974. The book offers a philosophical critique of the neo-Darwinian view of evolution which Spilsbury equates with materialism. The book claims that the neo-Darwinian view has turned into a scientific dogma and that naturalistic evolutionary theories fail to explain consciousness, free will, pain, love, language, and the behaviour of humans.[1] The book advocates human exceptionalism and uses arguments very similar to creationists. It has been quote mined by intelligent design advocates.[2]

Thinking hardly or hardly thinking? Philosophy

Major trains of thought

Logic Morality Reality

The good, the bad and the brain fart

Causal impotence objection Dialectics Philosophy Tube Prioritarianism Rationalism Russell's Teapot Secular religions Terence McKenna

Come to think of it

Religion Science Philosophy of science Ethics Psychology v - t - e

See also

• Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False

References

1. The Library journal book review R.R. Bowker., 1 Jan 1977, p. 345
2. Providence Lost - And Found? by M.D. Aeschliman