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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 1, 2022

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, Edward Feser, eternity, God Hypothesis, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, infinity, Jerry Coyne, numbers, Plato, Platonic forms, solar system, St. Augustine, sun, theism, universals}

Mathematics and the God Hypothesis

_{Michael Egnor
August 1, 2022

Culture, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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There is a classical proof of God’s existence that uses universal concepts such as mathematics, proposed most prominently by St. Augustine. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Eva Jablonka, evolution, evolutionary biology, fairy tales, humans, just-so stories, soul, Stephen Jay Gould, storytelling}

Is Consciousness the Sort of Thing That Could Have Evolved?

_{Michael Egnor
June 29, 2022

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Researchers Simona Ginsberg and Eva Jablonka have written a book attempting to trace the evolution of consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, atheism, Berra's Blunder, Cambridge University Press, coin toss, complex and specified information, creation myth, Darwinists, DNA, evolution, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, life, natural selection, nature, proteins, Skeptical Inquirer, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, Thomas Aquinas}

Rosenhouse’s Blunder: Another Nonsensical Mathematical Argument Against Intelligent Design

_{Michael Egnor
June 3, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwinist mathematician Jason Rosenhouse uses the analogy of a coin toss to defend the Darwinian explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, arms, biologists, biomolecules, budding, children, conception, culture, eyes, fingers, human life, humanity, humans, persons, pregnancy, right to life, science denial, womb, worms, zygote}

Question for Abortion Advocates: How Many Fingers Does a Pregnant Woman Have?

_{Michael Egnor
May 18, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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Denial of the humanity of children in the womb from the moment of conception is the most lethal form of science denial. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, act, adults, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, baby, genius, gestation, human being, Jerry Coyne, life, possibilities, potency, rational thought, soul, Thomistic philosophy, zygote}

Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?

_{Michael Egnor
May 16, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 11, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, asexual reproduction, budding, corals, egg, embryo, fetus, Homo sapiens, human being, human development, human life, Jerry Coyne, microorganisms, morality, mother, murder, pain, pro-life, Roman Catholic, sperm, sponges, tissue, womb, worms, zygote}

If a Fetus Isn’t a Human Being, What Is It?

_{Michael Egnor
May 11, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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How is it that a leading professor of biology could fundamentally misunderstand the biology of human development? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association, cancer, children, conception, egg, embryo, human being, human life, law, National Academy of Sciences, newborn, parasite, public policy, scientists, settled science, sperm, womb, zygote}

Fact Check: Yes, Human Life Begins at Fertilization

_{Michael Egnor
May 10, 2022

Bioethics, Biology, Ethics, Medicine

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So what are we to make of a scientific profession in which scientific experts consistently distort the science of human life? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 9, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, budding, deception, egg, embryo, fetus, gestation, human beings, human life, incompetence, junk science, life, organism, pregnancy, scientific community, scientists, worms}

When Does Human Life Begin?

_{Michael Egnor
May 9, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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This argument used by abortion proponents — that an embryo or fetus is a part of the mother’s body until a certain point of gestation — is scientific nonsense. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 20, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Darwinian evolution, Edward Feser, England, intelligent design, natural selection, neurons, neuroscience, neurotransmitters, philosophers, stones, Wales}

Yes! There Is Evidence for the Intelligent Design of the Brain

_{Michael Egnor
April 20, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Imagine that you are on a train in England and you see a collection of stones on a hillside that says BRITISH RAILWAYS WELCOMES YOU TO WALES. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 12, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, evolutionary biologists, existence, fact, faith, Jerry Coyne, knowledge, law of non-contradiction, logic, René Descartes, skepticism, theists, thinking, Thomas Aquinas, truth}

Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

_{Michael Egnor
March 12, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Read More ›