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Specified Complexity

From ResearchID.org, a nexus for researching Intelligent Design

Contents 1 Type  (?) 2 Level  (?) 3 Definition  (?) 4 Objectives  (?) 5 Questions  (?) 6 Keywords  (?) 7 Monographs  (?) 8 eResources  (?) 9 Criticism  (?) 10 Status  (?) 11 Extend  (?) 12 Related  (?) 13 Notes  (?) 14 Field(s)  (?)

Introduction  (?)
Specified Complexity is a dual-pronged criterion for objectively detecting the effects of certain types of intelligent activity without first hand evidence of the cause of the event in question.^[1] It consists of two important components, both of which are essential for inferring design reliably. The first component is the criterion of complexity or improbability. The second is the criterion of specificity, which is an independently given, detachable pattern.

Type  (?)

Theoria, Praxis

Level  (?)

ALL (Undergraduate, Graduate, Doctorate, Postdoctorate)

Definition  (?)

• Master the conceptual foundations of Specified Complexity.
• Develop empirical experiments using the scientific method to test the concept.
• Could Specified Complexity be improved or made more effecient?
• How could Specified Complexity be applied in other fields?

Objectives  (?)

• Determine the amount of complex specified information in various biological structures.
• Define the relationships between evolutionary mechanisms and specified complexity.
• Determine whether possible mechanisms for generating specified complexity, other than intelligence, exist.

Questions  (?)

• What does this design detection method tell us about the importance of probability in inferring design?
• Is complex specified information (CSI) a reliable criterion for design?
• What is the CSI content of various biological structures?
• Are there any structures generated without intelligence that exhibit specified complexity?

Keywords  (?)

Specified Complexity, Complex Specified Information, information content, design detection, specification, evolvability, natural forces, natural laws, chance, randomness, inferring design

Monographs  (?)

• The Design Inference, William Dembski, 1998, ISBN 0521678676
• No Free Lunch, William Dembski, 2001, ISBN 0742512975
• The Design Revolution, William Dembski, 2004, ISBN 0830823751

eResources  (?)

• ISCID Encyclopedia Article. Entry for Specified Complexity in the ISCID Encyclopedia of Science and Philosophy.
• Intelligent Design as a Theory of Information. A paper on Specified Complexity by William Dembski, hosted on ARN.org.
• Detecting Design?. Email submission of William Dembski to Metanexus.net.
• Specification: The Pattern that Signifies Intelligence (part of the series Mathematical Foundations of Intelligent Design by William Dembski)

Criticism  (?)

• Dissecting Dembski's "Complex Specified Information
• From Complexity to Life: On the Emergence of Life and Meaning
• How to Evolve Specified Complexity by Natural Means - [Dembski's response] - [Young's counter-response].
• Information Theory, Evolutionary Computation, and Dembski's Complex Specified Information

Status  (?)

Current
Dr. William Dembski / ISCID

Extend  (?)

• Are there means of logically concluding that a process was the result of design combined with chance and/or necessity?
• Are there other means of logically eliminating chance and natural causes in order to infer intelligent activity?

Related  (?)

Biography:William Dembski, Information Theory, Probability, Category:Probability

Notes  (?)

Field(s)  (?)