Does Michael Denton understand current evolutionary theory?

[Faizal_Ali]

@Eddie

And while the title of the 2016 book is “Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis,” it’s clear to those who have read the book that it is not “evolution” that is being questioned, but only a particular way of thinking about evolution, which he calls the “Darwinian” or “neo-Darwinian” or more broadly the “functionalist” or “adaptationist” approach.

So that would confirm my suggestion that he is committing a straw man fallacy, assuming my description of the current evolutionary explanation is correct.

@Eddie

Nor is your familiarity with evolutionary theory. You’ve read far less of it than Denton has, as is quite evident from your comments here, which are based on a wholly derivative understanding of evolutionary theory, the understanding of a camp follower rather than one who is familiar with the actual writings of evolutionary theorists. You are a psychiatrist with less training in the relevant technical subjects – biochemistry, genetics, etc. – than Denton has, and you have no knowledge at all of the history of evolutionary thought, whereas he has read vastly in that area.

Could you kindly point out the errors you believe I committed in my summary of the evolutionary account I gave in my OP? @John_Harshman thought it was “quite a nice description of the standard view”, so he might also benefit from whatever education you have to provide us on the actual theory of evolution.

The Fossil Record and Evolution - #113 by John_Harshman