Peter S Williams

Apologetics 315 Podcast: An Informed Cosmos with Peter S Williams

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This episode of the Apologetics 315 Podcast, from October 2023, is re-posted here with permission. In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Christian Philosopher Peter S. Williams about his book An Informed Cosmos: Essays on Intelligent Design Theory. Find his resources at www.peterswilliams.com 0:24 - Intro to our guest 2:15 - About the book An Informed Cosmos 9:25 - Getting clarity on what intelligent design is 14:10 - Is I.D. science? And defining “science” 19:39 - Truth as the most important approach 21:56 - Imposing worldviews on the data? 25:01 - Is evolution the means by which God created? 29:21 - What role does a Darwinian process play? 35:00 - How did Peter go from being a theistic evolutionist to an ID proponent? 40:45 - What tipped the balance for Peter? 46:52 - What role does information play in design detection? 53:21 - Can we recognize non-intelligent design? 54:57 - Theistic interpretations? 56:22 - Paley’s “watchmaker” shows that we can detect design? 1:00:13 - Prevailing errors w