Abstract

AZEVEDO, Hernani Luiz  and  CARVALHO, Lizete Maria Orquiza de. The Theory of Intelligent Design: an analysis from the perspective of the Theory of Communicative Action and implications for Science Education. Educação e Filosofia [online]. 2023, vol.37, n.81, pp.1303-1348.  Epub Dec 31, 2023. ISSN 1982-596X.  https://doi.org/10.14393/revedfil.v37n81a2023-67472.

In this article we develop a theoretical analysis on the Theory of Intelligent Design and the controversies associated with it. We take as basis the principles of Jürgen Habermas Theory of Communicative Action. We made a distinction between the theory and movement of Intelligent Design, talking about some of the recurring criticisms of which they have been the target. As conclusions, we identified the importance of arguments do not being exclude in advance from scientific discussions just because they originated in religious ideas. We also point out that many actions of the Intelligent Design movement can be align with a systemic rationality. But arguments present in the Intelligent Design theory could contribute (within discussions about the Nature of Science guided by a communicative rationality) to problematize the adoption of methodological naturalism, in view of the fact that the theory is incompatible with an unrestricted methodological naturalism, but compatible with a mitigated methodological naturalism. In the end, we deal with the controversy about the attempts to insert this theory in science classes.

Keywords : Theory of Intelligent Design; Theory of Communicative Action; Science Education; Nature of Science; Methodological Naturalism.

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