DSC 101 DESIGN AWARENESS Prof. Jacques Giard‚ PhD ©Jacques Giard 2010 DSC 101 Design Awareness 1 What are the goals for today? • Gaining a basic understanding of the designing process… • The Velcro story • Design-in-the-News… • What we already know… ©Jacques Giard 2010 DSC 101 Design Awareness 2 Design in the News McDonald’s plans to spend more than 600 million euros (US$828 million) to remodel 1‚280 of its European restaurants. NY Times Saturday August 25‚ 2007 "Re-imaging
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et al. (Crowther). In October of 2004‚ the Dover Area School District‚ in Pennsylvania‚ began requiring that intelligent design be presented as an alternative to the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Prominent in this curricular modification was the mandatory adoption of the textbook Of Pandas and People‚ a prominent example of literature advocating intelligent design. Upset by the decision‚ a group of parents successfully sued the school district. The change to the curriculum
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argument for the existence of God seems strikingly compelling at first glance‚ but greatly weakens once it becomes subjected to intense discourse. This argument‚ also referred to as the “design argument”‚ is an a posteriori argument claiming that through observation of the universe we can discover evidence of intelligent design that justifiably infers the existence of a “grand designer”‚ usually posited as God. In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion‚ David Hume‚ a British empiricist‚ first presents his
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Teleology is an argument of God’s existence following the evidence of order defined as the design of nature. Teleological arguments also known as arguments from design‚ explain the order in the universe to the existence of God. The universe is believed to be ordered towards some end or a certain purpose. It is more reasonable to suggest that the universe was created by an intelligent being to accomplish a purpose rather than it being there by chance (McGrath‚ 2010). The teleological argument has
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article‚ “Bush Remarks Roil Debate over Teaching of Evolution”‚ is an explanation while Lisa Fullam’s article‚ “Of God and the Case for Unintelligent Design”‚ is an argument. Elizabeth Bumiller’s article‚ “Bush Remarks Roil Debate over Teaching of Evolution”‚ is an explanation as she stated both sides of the story regarding the evolution and intelligent creation. She highlights the points of each theory‚ without taking a clear stance on the subject topic. Bumiller uses both quotations from the debate
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for their continued education‚ and seeing how evolution is the basis for biology and a wealth of other sciences‚ creationism holds no ground and was even found unconstitutional to be taught. According to the Center for Science and Culture Intelligent design can best be described as "Certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an
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December 1‚ 2010 Classical Design versus Modern Design There are many different design styles. Some are very similar‚ such as traditional and classical and some are complete opposites‚ such as classical and modern. These two design styles are opposite in just about every way. In the modern design style the focus is on simplicity and asymmetry whereas in the classical design style the focus is on balance and symmetry. In the modern design style there is a feeling of less is more.
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Design is that area of human experience‚ where skill and knowledge is concerned with man’s ability to mould the environment according to his material and spiritual needs. It is used to analyse and identify problems to find an appropriate solution. Designers have created all kind of functional designs to help improve people’s lives. They were interested in the nature of beauty‚ art‚ and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty. Although there are examples of pre-historic art‚ they
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have knowledge and they still move toward an end. By an end‚ Aquinas means that the planets take the same path of orbit around the sun. Thus‚ Aquinas argues‚ if an unintelligent body is moving toward an end‚ it must be directed by an intelligent being. This intelligent being must be God (Aquinas‚ Summa Theologica‚ Article 3‚ Question
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Cited: Evolution. 2001. <http://pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/index.html>. Kupperbang‚ Paul. Hubble and the Big Bang. New York: NY‚ 2005. Print. Petto‚ Andrew‚ and Laurie Godfrey. Scientists Confront Intelligent Design and Creationism:. Berkeley: CA‚ 2007.Print. The Big Bang Theory. n.d. 26 October 2010 <http://big-bang-theory.com>.
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