Basic considerations on origins research (Overview)

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=840 style="table-layout:fixed"> <colgroup><col width=118><col width=722></colgroup> <tr> <td rowspan=4 valign="top" style="text-align:right;"><img src="../grafik/fg_u_101.gif" vspace=2 width=97 height=75 border=0 alt="Evolution: Search for the origin of life and naturalism - Basic considerations on origins research"></td> <td height=26> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height=26 class="kopfzeile"> <h1><a target="main" href="../artikel/artikel.php?Sprache=en&Artikel=40000">Evolution: Search for the origin of life and naturalism</a></h1> </td> </tr> <tr><td><h2><i>Overview:</i> Basic considerations on origins research</h2></td></tr> </table> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=855 style="table-layout:fixed"> <colgroup><col width=128><col width=712><col width=15></colgroup> <tr> <td colspan=3> <h3>The question of origin<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="naturalismus, ursprungsforschung"></h3><P>The origin and the history of the world – where life and the cosmos came from – cannot be directly researched, but only reconstructed on the basis of evidence. What is construed will depend on what tenet is applied.</P> </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td> </td> <td height=22 bgcolor="#E6E6E6"> <p class="infos">More information:<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="naturalismus, ursprungsforschung"><img src="s.gif" width=31 height=1 border=0 alt=""><a target=main href="../artikel/artikel.php?Sprache=en&Artikel=40421&l=1"><img src="../grafik/1_pfeil_grau.gif" width=9 height=9 border=0 alt=""> Basic Ideas</a><img src="s.gif" width="41" height="1" border="0" alt=""><span style="color:#999999;">Advanced Topics</span> </p></td><td> </td></tr></table> <br> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=855 style="table-layout:fixed"> <colgroup><col width=128><col width=712><col width=15></colgroup> <tr> <td colspan=3> <h3>What is evolution?<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"></h3><P>Evolution, the ability of species to change over the course of many generations, is a basic phenomena in biology. The extent to which life forms are able to change however, is rated very differently by the theories of evolution and creation. </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td> </td> <td height=22 bgcolor="#E6E6E6"> <p class="infos">More information:<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"><img src="s.gif" width=31 height=1 border=0 alt=""><span style="font-weight:normal;">in preparation</span> </p></td><td> </td></tr></table> <br> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=855 style="table-layout:fixed"> <colgroup><col width=128><col width=712><col width=15></colgroup> <tr> <td colspan=3> <h3>Life by coincidence and natural laws <img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"></h3><P>From the evolutionistic point of view, individual life forms developed by chance. This coincidence is, however, 'channeled' by natural laws. Both together are believed to drive the change of species.</P> </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td> </td> <td height=22 bgcolor="#E6E6E6"> <p class="infos">More information:<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"><img src="s.gif" width=31 height=1 border=0 alt=""><span style="font-weight:normal;">in preparation</span> </p></td><td> </td></tr></table> <br> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=855 style="table-layout:fixed"> <colgroup><col width=128><col width=712><col width=15></colgroup> <tr> <td colspan=3> <h3>The current stance of many biologists <img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"></h3><P>Most biologists no longer question the basic concept of phylogeny. They usually work on the basis of a naturalist world view </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td> </td> <td height=22 bgcolor="#E6E6E6"> <p class="infos">More information:<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"><img src="s.gif" width=31 height=1 border=0 alt=""><span style="font-weight:normal;">in preparation</span> </p></td><td> </td></tr></table> <br> <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=855 style="table-layout:fixed"> <colgroup><col width=128><col width=712><col width=15></colgroup> <tr> <td colspan=3> <h3>Monopoly on interpretation and education <img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"></h3><P>Advocates of naturalism often tend to believe their world view is incontestable. It is not uncommon for dissidents to be denied participation in the public discourse by authoritarian policy or through defamation</P> </td> </tr> <tr valign="middle"> <td> </td> <td height=22 bgcolor="#E6E6E6"> <p class="infos">More information:<img src="s.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="evolution, schöpfung"><img src="s.gif" width=31 height=1 border=0 alt=""><span style="font-weight:normal;">in preparation</span> </p></td><td> </td></tr></table> <br></body>