evolution of the gapsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

By analogy to God of the gaps.

固有名詞

evolution of the gaps

1. (まれに, creationism) Evolution, when used as an explanation for anything that is yet unexplained by science.
   • 2009, Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God, Zondervan (→ISBN)

     Well, this is 'evolution-of-the-gaps.' Some scientists merely insert evolution when they don't understand something. “Look —we may not understand everything about these biological systems, but we do know some things. We do know that ...

   • 2010, Michael L. Peterson, Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, Oxford University Press, USA

     It is therefore clear how an evolution-of-the-gaps could be just as metaphysically motivated for an incautious atheist as a God-of-the-gaps could be for an incautious theist. For materialists there simply must eventually be a solution in terms of ...