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Intelligent design (ID) is linked to the classical argument from design born long ago in Western history. In the 20th century, new versions of the argument surfaced in the anthropic principle of scientists John Barrow and Frank Tipler. The modern use of the term “intelligent design,” however, refers to a specific movement born around 1990. Not necessarily a critique of evolution, which many proponents of ID accept, the claim is that it is necessary to distinguish natural cause (scientific explanation) from naturalism (metaphysical belief) and intelligent cause (scientific explanation) from supernaturalism (religious belief).
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