"I found it remarkable—as a skeptic of both design arguments and their relevance to science—that I have come away from this book less of a skeptic than I was. I like the fact that Ratzsch's modern philosophical exploration of the full potential range of design arguments provides a firm and convincing taxonomy of the logical possibilities. This exercise clears the waters of many naive treatments pro and con, and provides a basis for raising substantially the intellectual level of the inevitable debate." — John Suppe, Princeton University"It is a bold, innovative venture into a cutting-edge field of philosophy of science—design theory. It makes an original contribution to this nascent field." — William L Craig, Biola University