Readings
After Darwin, John J. Reilly, First Things 54 (June/July 1995): 9-17.
Between Science and Spirituality, John Horgan, Chronicle of Higher Education Nov. 29, 2002
Words, Science, and the State of Evolution, Lawrence Krauss, Chronicle of Higher Education Nov. 29, 2002
The "New" Creationism Robert Wright, Slate Apr 16, 2001
Unintelligible Redesign William Saletan, Slate, Feb 13, 2002
Why We Aren't So Special, David Barash, Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 3, 2003
Digital Organisms Prove an Assumption of Evolutionary Theory, Researchers Say , Chronicle of Higher Education, May 8, 2003. This article reports on genetic algorithm research that has resulted in the mutation and natural selection of complex software.
Other Background Reading/Sites
Intelligent Design Debate, Cleveland Plain Dealer. This is an excellent source of links to news items and editorials covering the ID debate.
Intelligent Design Network With a mission to "promote objective, evidence-based science education with regard to the origin of the universe and of life and its diversity", this site also provides news on state by state efforts to implement ID in their science standards. Note that Ohio's new standards do call for the teaching of ID.
The Access Research Network Another group dedicated to " providing accessible information on science, technology and society." Note THE WEDGE update.
At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity, Stuart Kauffman, Oxford University Press, 1995. (Note: This is a link to Barnes and Noble description. For a table of contents, see Kaufman's home page.)
For a Catholic philosophical response to Kauffman, see Douglas P. McManaman's article from his Resource Site for OAC Philosophy and Senior Theology Students at the Chaminade College School.
Shaping Up: Can we Predict/Explain the Physical Form of Living Things?, John Casti, Chapter 3 in Searching for Certainty: What Scientists Can Know About the Future,(1990), William Morrow and Company, New York. (Out of Print)