ID-investigatives

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ID-investigatives

ID-investigatives are questions and identifiable scientific puzzles that ID-theoretics brings to an investigation of nature, especially those that other scientific frameworks cannot, would not, or have not asked. The range of investigative areas can be known through understanding the elements involved in causal histories. Causal history is the chronological occurrences of interactions of features of nature that generate phenomena. The causal history of most designed events or objects form steps in a process that guides ID as a scientific investigation. The general causal history of design events can be clearly perceived through a schema.[1]

  • Prior dynamics is the first step in designing and involves the planning and formulation of an object or event. Investigating this “conceptualization” step can, not must, include the designer’s character, intent, motives, opportunity, requisite knowledge, identity, and quantifying the information involved in conceptualization and actualization.
  • Application dynamics is the second step that entails the means and sequential events of actualizing the design. This examination, also known as “actualization,” includes looking at material and efficient causes, implemental options, and surrogate phenomena. Boundary conditions and constraints are also considered.
  • Subsequent dynamics are how designed events or systems autonomously operate. This inquest, also known as “functionalization,” can take place in many ways. This could be a study of what happens within an individual designed entity (internal dynamics), among other designed and non-designed phenomena (external dynamics), and the entirety of nature (totality dynamics).

This schema allows intelligent design to generate theoretical models that allow for novel explanations, tests, and predictions. Each of these stages has the potential of utilizing Aristotle’s final and formal causes to enhance scientific investigation. An ID investigator can study any of these aspects, since ID does not necessarily have to ask specific questions in a particular order (more details on this permissive axiom later in this work).

References and notes

  1. Mike Gene introduced conceptualization and actualization at his website, “Teleologic,” available from http://www.idthink.net.

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Paradigm Dawning

  • This article is part of Paradigm Dawning, a collection of essays about intelligent design research.
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