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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2018

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, 'Oumuamua, Abraham Loeb, artifacts, asteroid, civilization, Harvard University, ideology, intelligent design, Jupiter, Milky Way, science, Scientific American}

Space Archaeology — How About Cellular Archaeology?

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October 4, 2018

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Planetology, Technology

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ʻOumuamua is a fascinating object, and certainly deserves further investigation. How could we discern design from non-design? Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, adaptation, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, atheism, barnacles, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, England, evolution, Gregor Mendel, James Moore, Jerry Coyne, Louis Pasteur, On the Origin of Species, Paul Ehrlich, pilgrimage, tautology, theocracy}

Darwinian Faith and Fetish

_{Michael Egnor
August 20, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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Andrew Berry, the Harvard biologist who conducts a Darwin pilgrimage each year for undergraduates to Darwin-related sites in England, responds to my recent post. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2018

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, animals, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, body, compounds, computers, elements, Father Michael Chaberek, humans, intelligent design, man, oceans, soul, substance, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, thoughts}

New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2018

Botany, Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", Aristotle, Christians, evolutionary theory, Galen, Harvard University, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, macroevolution, microevolution, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Philip Skell, pilgrimage, Poland, tautology, taxonomy, The Descent of Man, thomas}

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

_{Michael Egnor
August 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, contraception, creation, Darwinism, dignity, intelligent design, life, materialists, Moral Law, natural law, nature, purpose, respect, Roman Catholic, sexuality, teleology, women}

Humanae Vitae and Intelligent Design

_{Michael Egnor
August 6, 2018

Biology, Ethics, Faith & Science

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It was, and is, the most controversial Catholic document of the past century, and perhaps of any century. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, atheism, Catholicism and Evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, hylomorphism, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, materialism, Phillip E. Johnson, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Richard Lewontin, Roman Catholic, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Werner Heisenberg}

A Superb New Website: Introducing Aquinas.Design

_{Michael Egnor
July 27, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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There is an ongoing debate about intelligent design in the Thomist system. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 26, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, agency, brain, consciousness, dualism, epilepsy, free will, materialism, mind, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, patients, science, truth, Wilder Penfield}

Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield on Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
July 26, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialists claim that neuroscience has demonstrated that free will is an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Big Bang, Brian Greene, determinism, free will, John Bell, machines, materialism, nature, particles, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, Singularity, UC Berkeley, Werner Heisenberg}

Is Free Will an Illusion?

_{Michael Egnor
July 23, 2018

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, action potentials, artifacts, cochlea, Darwinists, ear, intelligent design, machine, natural philosophy, nervous system, piano, Rockefeller University, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Thomists, transducer}

Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›