Tag: scientism

The interior of ancient buildings in the Qin and Han dynasties of China

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
October 3, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Baylor University, brain, ChatGPT, Chinese Room argument, computation, conscious states, Daniel Vanderveken, digestion, Discovery Institute Press, epistemic objectivity, Expression and Meaning, Foundations of Illocutionary Logic, John Searle, language, Minding the Brain, ontic dualism, ontological idealism, ontology, philosophy, prose, qualitativeness, Science and Culture Today, scientism, Speech Acts, subjectivity, The Construction of Social Reality, The Nature of Nature, unity, William Dembski}

John Searle (1932–2025): A Titan Passes

_{Bruce Gordon
October 3, 2025

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Searle’s most famous argument is undoubtedly the Chinese Room argument, first presented in his essay “Minds, Brains, and Programs” (1980). Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Tagged
, adventure, art, beauty, betrayal, Beyond the Story, Christina Bieber Lake, death, duty, Englishmen, evolution, fiction, honor, human life, human nature, James Matthew Wilson, Kenneth Grahame, literature, love, machines, meaning, movies, philosophers, pornography, Roger Scruton, romance, scientism, social media, The Wind in the Willows, TV shows, universe, Wheaton College}

In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense

_{Peter Biles
August 21, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution

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Some assume humanity’s longstanding appreciation for art, be it literary, visual, or musical, has evolutionary groundings. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, American Birth Control League, American Crisis, apologetics, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Clarence Darrow, culture, Dayton, Discovery Institute, Eugene Debs, Eugenics Education Society, Francis Galton, fundamentalist Christianity, H.L. Mencken, Hollywood, Industrial Workers of the World, Inherit the Wind, Jefrey Breshears, John Scopes, John West, Only Yesterday, Origin of Species, Roaring Twenties, science and religion, scientific racism, scientism, Scopes trial, Tennessee, The Areopagus, The Descent of Man, The Magician’s Twin, trial lawyers, William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, Young Earth Creationists}

Scopes Revisited: An Interview with Historian Jefrey Breshears

_{Science and Culture
July 7, 2025

Evolution, History of Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Promoted as a battle royale between science and religion — evolutionary theory versus biblical creation — in its actual content the trial was underwhelming. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, aborted babies, Anthony Fauci, anti-science, BioLogos, climate change, Congress, COVID, Darwinian evolution, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Evangelical Christians, evolutionists, Federal Government, fossil fuels, Francis Collins, Harvard University, Jay Bhattacharya, John West, junk science, LGBTQIA, mice, Michael Behe, misinformation, pandemic, pro-science, recognize, Research, Richard Dawkins, scientific atheists, scientism, skepticism, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, taxpayers, Trump Administration, universities, University of Pittsburgh, vaginoplasty, Washington DC}

Group Founded by Francis Collins Launches PR Campaign for “Science”

_{John G. West
May 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Trustworthiness

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If your research at Harvard costs $1 million to conduct, Harvard will get an extra payment of nearly $900,000 to sweeten the deal. Who wouldn’t want free money? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aeneid, An Inventive Universe, Aristotle, Darwinism, Gerald H. Pollack, Harvard University, human evolution, human spirit, Inkwell Press, James Barham, John McDowell, Kenneth G. Denbigh, Latin, Mind and Cosmos, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, natural selection, naturalism, neo-Thomists, Nicolaus Copernicus, philosophy of nature, Richard Dawkins, scientism, teleology, Thomas Browne, Thomas Nagel, University of Texas}

The Emergence of Freedom: A New Book by James Barham

_{William A. Dembski
May 1, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Barham’s approach to teleology in nature is, if anything, Aristotelian. Indeed, Aristotle is the most cited person in the index of his book. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Antony Flew, central dogma, Chance & Necessity, Charles Darwin, Colin Pittendrigh, Daniel Witt, Design Inference, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene Wigner, Francis Crick, God Hypothesis, intention, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Jaques Monod, Life Itself, materialism, Michael Levin, molecular biology, natural law, physicalism, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, Sahotra Sarkar, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, specified complexity, telos, theologians, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Kuhn}

Life Itself: In Michael Levin’s Platonism, Teleology Advances

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 22, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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This is a huge step by a leading contemporary academic scientist away from pure physicalism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 12, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, accessibility, activism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), federal employees, Free Science, free speech, government, Great Barrington Declaration, ideology, Jay Bhattacharya, lockdowns, Martin Kulldorrff, minoritized, misinformation, National Institutes of Health, Politics, protestors, protests, research funding, scientism, scientocracy, Stand Up for Science, Sunetra Gupta, universities}

Stand Up for Science or… for Naked Ideology?

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 12, 2025

Bioethics, Scientific Freedom

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“Stand Up for Science 2025” protests were clearly aimed at reaffirming control by the now discredited science establishment. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, authority, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge, COVID-19, culture, denial, England, John West, lockdowns, pandemic, scientism, United States, worship}

John West: How C. S. Lewis Anticipated Our Experience of Scientism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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I was shocked during Covid by the way healthy respect for science shaded rapidly into cowering submission and unquestioning scientistic worship of authority. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
January 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, atheism, beauty, brain, culture, faith, human experience, intelligent design, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, meaning, New Atheism, Paul Kingsnorth, Rod Dreher, scientism, secular culture, The Free Press}

Recovering the Right Brain in a Scientistic Culture

_{Peter Biles
January 5, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Technology

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Science and technology were hailed as the saviors of mankind, but instead, they’ve helped to push out crucial aspects of the human experience. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
October 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, conflict myth, empirical data, empiricism, evolution, faith and science, knowing, Paul Dirac, physical world, scientific theories, scientism, secularism, Steven Weinberg, testability, truth, water}

What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

_{Stephen Dilley
October 31, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Read More ›