03411cam a2200649Ii 4500 ocn769343147 OCoLC 20200709055450.0 m d cr |n| 111226s2012 cau o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng rda pn EBLCP IDEBK N$T YDXCP OCLCQ OCLCF ZXC OCLCQ N$T 816879015 9780520951662 (electronic bk.) 0520951662 (electronic bk.) 1283373556 9781283373555 (OCoLC)769343147 (OCoLC)816879015 419921 (N$T) BS651 REL 067000 bisacsh PSAJ bicssc 231.7652 N$TA Fitch, Walter M., 1929-2011. The three failures of creationism : logic, rhetoric, and science / Walter M. Fitch. California : University of California Press, 2012. 1 online resource (194 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Print version record. Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1. Logic, Logical Fallacies, and Rhetoric; Chapter 2. The Basics; Chapter 3. Some Simple Math and Statistics; Chapter 4. "Young- Earth" Creationism; Epilogue: The Literal Meaning of Genesis; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Annotated Reference List; Index. Walter M. Fitch, a pioneer in the study of molecular evolution, has written this cogent overview of why creationism fails with respect to all the fundamentals of scientific inquiry. He explains the basics of logic and rhetoric at the heart of scientific thinking, shows what a logical syllogism is, and tells how one can detect that an argument is logically fallacious, and therefore invalid, or even duplicitous. Fitch takes his readers through the arguments used by creationists to question the science of evolution. He clearly delineates the fallacies in logic that characterize creationist thinki. Creationism. Religion and science. Logic. Evolution (Biology) Faith and reason. Creationism. fast (OCoLC)fst00882407 Evolution (Biology) fast (OCoLC)fst00917302 Faith and reason. fast (OCoLC)fst00919959 Logic. fast (OCoLC)fst01002014 Religion and science. fast (OCoLC)fst01093848 RELIGION / Christian Theology / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Fitch, Walter M. Three Failures of Creationism : Logic, Rhetoric, and Science. CA : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520270534 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=827646 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=419921 MyiLibrary http://www.myilibrary.com?id=337355 MyiLibrary, Table of contents http://www.myilibrary.com?id=337355&ref=toc EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL827646 EBSCOhost EBSC 419921 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB 337355 YBP Library Services YANK 7305719 02 N$T 50890 50890