Discovery Institute
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The Discovery Institute is a think tank and non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1990 based upon the ethics of C.S. Lewis.
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Mission Statement
Discovery Institute's mission is to make a positive vision of the future practical. The Institute discovers and promotes ideas in the common sense tradition of representative government, the free market and individual liberty. Our mission is promoted through books, reports, legislative testimony, articles, public conferences and debates, plus media coverage and the Institute's own publications and Internet website ( http://www.discovery.org ). Current projects explore the fields of technology, science and culture, reform of the law, national defense, the environment and the economy, the future of democratic institutions, transportation, religion and public life, government entitlement spending, foreign affairs and cooperation within the bi-national region of "Cascadia." The efforts of Discovery fellows and staff, headquartered in Seattle, are crucially abetted by the Institute's members, board and sponsors.
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The Center for Science and Culture
Started in 1996, the Center for Science and Culture is a Discovery Institute program which:Discovery's Center for Science and Culture has more than 40 Fellows, including biologists, biochemists, chemists, physicists, philosophers and historians of science, and public policy and legal experts, many of whom also have affiliations with colleges and universities. The Center's Director is Dr. Stephen Meyer, who holds a Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science from Cambridge University. The Center's Associate Director is Dr. John G. West, who holds a Ph.D. in Government from Claremont Graduate University and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington.
- supports research by scientists and other scholars challenging various aspects of neo-Darwinian theory;
- supports research by scientists and other scholars developing the scientific theory known as intelligent design;
- supports research by scientists and scholars in the social sciences and humanities exploring the impact of scientific materialism on culture.
- encourages schools to improve science education by teaching students more fully about the theory of evolution, including the theory's scientific weaknesses as well is its strengths.
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Contact Information
- Discovery Institute — Center for Science and Culture
- 1511 Third Ave., Suite 808 — Seattle, WA 98101
- Phn: +1-206-292-0401; Fax +1-206-682-5320
- email: cscinfo@discovery.org
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Websites
- Discovery Institute http://www.discovery.org
- Center for Science and Culture http://www.discovery.org/csc/
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CSC Fellows
CSC Fellows in Sept. 2006 were:
- Program Directors: Stephen C Meyer
- Associate Directors: John G West
- Senior Fellows: Michael J Behe, David Berlinski, Paul Chien, William A Dembski, David DeWolf, Guillermo Gonzalez, Michael Newton Keas, Jay W Richards, Wesley J Smith, Jonathan Wells, Benjamin Wiker, Jonathan Witt
- Fellows: Francis J Beckwith, Raymond Bohlin, Walter Bradley, J. Budziszewski, John Angus Campbell, Robert Lowry Clinton, Jack Collins, Robin Collins, William Lane Craig, Brian Frederick, Mark Hartwig, Kenneth Hermann, Cornelius G Hunter, Robert Kaita, Dean Kenyon, Robert C Koons, Forrest M Mims, Scott Minnich, J.P. Moreland, Paul Nelson, Nancy Pearcey, Joseph Poulshock, Pattle Pak-Toe Pun, John Mark Reynolds, Henry Schaefer, Wolfgang Smith, Charles Thaxton, Richard Weikart
- Program Advisors: Phillip E Johnson
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Essential Readings
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CSC Links
CSC lists Fellow web sites and relatd links
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Peer Reviewed Publications
Discovery Institute maintains a list of peer reviewed publications.
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Dissent from Darwinism
Scientific Dissent from Darwinism lists more than 600 PhD credentialed scientists who signed the statement:
"We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged."
