The Regeneration of Science & Culture by John G. West, Jr.

The Regeneration of Science & Culture

The Cultural Implications of Scientific Materialism Versus Intelligent Design

by John G. West, Jr.

To appreciate fully the cultural implications of intelligent design, one first must understand the cultural damage inflicted by scientific materialism, the paradigm it seeks to replace.

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John G. West is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute and author of Darwin Day in America: How Our Politics and Culture Have Been Dehumanized in the Name of Science (ISI Books) and Darwin's Conservatives: The Misguided Quest (DI Press).

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