Philosophical Analysis And Scientific Examination Of Debate Of Design And Evolution

The origin of the world is the ultimate question of human exploration. There are many legend and stories about the origin, different nations and civilizations have their legend and stories. This article researches the two aroused widespread concerns and controversy about the explanation of the origin. The one is design theory, which is promoted by Christianity two thousand years. And another one is evolutionism, which is raised popular in modern time, the representative is Darwinian.Design is the most authoritative explanation of the origin. And as everyone knows, God creates the world in seven days."The Origin of Species"written by Darwin has denied the theory of design, and became the most important challenge of design. With the test of development of modern science and technology, and the rise of philosophy of science, the debate is not only disappeared, but also become the core topics of the field of contemporary philosophy of science and technology. The controversy of evolutionism and design is the focus of debate between the western philosophers, theologians and even scientists. And the debate reached a new climax in United States in the 20th century.Religion and science are the two different branches of the tree of the human knowledge. They are different but mutually penetrate each other, and fight but wound each other. They answer different questions: Science answer the true and false in the rational field of humanity's experience; and religion answer the question about good and evil, in the field of humanity's transcendent. Religion (This article refers to Christianity) and science exists between the opposition and mutual struggle and development. This contradiction lasted nearly two thousands years, and has become a hot topic and social issues in domestic and abroad in recent years. The design theory and Darwin's evolutionism is in the center of the storm. This article researches analysis of philosophy and sciencefic examination of the debate between design and evolutionism, bases on the human rationality.