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Specified complexity

Specified complexity is a creationist intelligent design argument introduced by William Dembski. According to Dembski, the concept can formalize a property that singles out patterns that are both specified and complex, where in Dembski's terminology, a specified pattern is one that admits short descriptions, whereas a complex pattern is one that is…

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Law of conservation of information

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Criticism

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Specified complexity

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Avg. degree1.96
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related to Criticism · 17
Specified complexity → Complexity, Conservation, Dembski, Dembski's, Demski's, Elsberry, In, Information, Jeffrey Shallit, Law, No Free Lunch, No Free Lunch Dembski, On, Shallit, The, These, When Tellgren
related to Orgel's terminology · 16
Specified complexity → Another, Bradley, Charles Thaxton, Darwinian, Dembski, Leslie Orgel, Life, Molecules, Natural Selection, Orgel, RNA, The, The Creation Hypothesis, The Origins, Walter, William
related to Dembski's definition · 8
Specified complexity → Dembski, Dembski's, He, Shakespearean, Specified, The Design Inference, Whereas Orgel, While Orgel
related to Calculation of specified complexity · 6
Specified complexity → Dembski, Dembski's, However, No Free Lunch, This, Thus
is a · 2
Specified complexity → creationist intelligent design argument introduced by William Dembski, reliable marker of design by an intelligent agent

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dembski specified complexity dembski's information complex design probability csi one pattern natural concept patterns argues claims cannot chance intelligent calculation

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Specified complexityrelated to Calculation of specified complexityNo Free Lunch0.60section
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Specified complexityrelated to Calculation of specified complexityDembski0.60section
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Specified complexityrelated to CriticismElsberry0.60section
Specified complexityrelated to CriticismShallit0.60section

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