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Table of Contents
Part V — Making It Testable (Six-Step Cycle in Action)
Turns APH into a scientific framework.
Chapter 16. From Beacon to Proxy ....... 178
Science begins with lights that guide attention; beacons become proxies, and hypotheses take
form.
Chapter 17. Predictions You Can Check Now ....... 184
Like Darwin’s fossils and Einstein’s starlight, bold predictions anchor truth in testable
ground.
Chapter 18. Falsifiers (What Would Change My Mind) ....... 192
A theory lives by its risks; only what can fail with evidence can stand with strength.
Part VI — Science and Revelation in Dialogue
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Explains the relationship between Qur
ān and science.
Chapter 19. Reading the Beacons Carefully ....... 201
On discerning the light without distorting its source.
Chapter 20. Adam on the Human Timeline ....... 205
Where clay becomes conscience, and history begins.
Chapter 21. Purpose, Freedom, Accountability ....... 208
The weight of trust that only humans agreed to bear.
Part VII — Objections and Alternatives
Engages rival explanations.
Chapter 22. Gradualism Can Do It All ....... 212
Gradualism explains anatomy and tools but fails synchrony.
Chapter 23. Culture Alone Explains It ....... 220
Culture advances learning but collapses without symbols.
Chapter 24. Multiple Origins, No Single Threshold ....... 226
Regional sparks exist but never form global stability.
Chapter 25. Culture Alone Explains It ....... 229
Culture advances learning but collapses without symbols.