Rumorhasitthatmorethan 20 booksoncreationism/evolutionareinthepublisher'spipelines. Afewhavealreadyappeared. Thegoalofallwillbetotrytoexplaintoaconfusedandoftenunenlightenedcitizenrythattherearenottwoequallyvalidscientifictheoriesfortheoriginandevolutionofuniverseandlife. Cosmology, geology, andbiologyhaveprovidedaconsistent, unified, andconstantlyimprovingaccountofwhathappened. "Scientific" creationism, whichisbeingpushedbysomefor "equaltime" intheclassroomswheneverthescientificaccountsofevolutionaregiven, isbasedonreligion, notscience. Virtuallyallscientistsandthemajorityofnon-fundamentalistreligiousleadershavecometoregard "scientific" creationismasbadscienceandbadreligion.
ThefirstfourchaptersofKitcher'sbookgiveaverybriefintroductiontoevolution. Atappropriateplaces, heintroducesthecriticismsofthecreationistsandprovidesanswers. Inthelastthreechapters, hetakesoffhisglovesandgivesthecreationistsagoodbeating. Hedescribestheirprogrammesandtactics, and, forthoseunfamiliarwiththewaysofcreationists, theextentoftheirdeceptionanddistortionmaycomeasanunpleasantsurprise. Whentheirbasicmotivationisreligious, onemighthaveexpectedmoreChristianbehavior.
Kitcherisphilosopher, andthismayaccount, inpart, fortheclarityandeffectivenessofhisarguments. Thenon-specialistwillbeabletoobtainatleastanotionofthesortsofdataandargumentthatsupportevolutionarytheory. Thefinalchapteronthecreationistswillbeextremelycleartoall. Onthedustjacketofthisfinebook, StephenJayGouldsays: "Thisbookstandsforreasonitself." Andsoitdoes — andallwouldbewellwerereasontheonlyjudgeinthecreationism/evolutiondebate.
67. "Creationism" inthepassagerefersto ________.
[A] evolutioninitstruesenseastotheoriginoftheuniverse
[B] anotionofthecreationofreligion
[C] thescientificexplanationoftheearthformation
[D] thedeceptivetheoryabouttheoriginoftheuniverse
68. Kitcher'sbookisintendedto ________.
[A] recommendtheviewsoftheevolutionists
[B] exposethetruefeaturesofcreationists
[C] cursebitterlyatthisopponents
[D] launchasurpriseattackoncreationists
69. Fromthepassagewecaninferthat ________.
[A] reasoninghasplayedadecisiveroleinthedebate
[B] creationistsdonotbasetheirargumentonreasoning
[C] evolutionarytheoryistoodifficultfornon-specialists
[D] creationismissupportedbyscientificfindings
70. Thispassageappearstobeadigestof ________.
[A] abookreview
[B] ascientificpaper
[C] amagazinefeature
[D] anewspapereditorial
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