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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animal breeding, architect, beauty, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, evolution, intelligent evolution, Jerry Fodor, Joseph Hooker, Man’s Place in the Universe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Sarawak Law, sexual selection, teleology, teleonomy, The World of Life, William Paley, William Whewell}

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

_{Michael Flannery
August 14, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In an excerpt from his new book, Professor Flannery identifies Darwin's principal failing in developing his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 8, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, christian, conservative, Darwin Day in America, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute Press, history, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, natural selection, Phillip E. Johnson, teleology, The World of Life, Traipsing Into Evolution, University of Alabama, William Dembksi}

Discovering Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Michael Flannery
August 8, 2018

Intelligent Design

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For those who wish to caricature the theory of intelligent design, Wallace becomes a very inconvenient historical figure. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
August 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Wallace was the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. He later broke with Darwin over the question of teleology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Arthur Koestler, Charles Darwin, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Edinburgh University, evolution, history, intelligent evolution, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, penicillin, socialism, South America, spiritualism, teleology, Thomas Kuhn, Victorians, William Paley}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

_{Michael Flannery
August 2, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Quarterly Review, scientism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club}

The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

_{Michael Flannery
August 1, 2018

Evolution, History of Science

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As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 30, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, evolution, HMS Beagle, Joseph Hooker, Linnean Society, Michael Flannery, Nature's Prophet, Robert Chambers, Samuel Stevens, Sarawak Law, South America, The Malay Archipelago, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered

_{Michael Flannery
July 30, 2018

Botany, Evolution

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Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Harvard University, Henri Bergson, idealism, John Elof Boodin, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, paleontology, pantheism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, Stephen Hawking, William James}

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 26, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Arthur Koestler, biologic institute, Homo sapiens, John Elof Boodin, natural selection, neo-Darwinian synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Reductionism, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, teleology, vitalism}

Who Was Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 26, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Bertalanffy’s systems-based approach continued under George Klir, and is carried on today by Dr. Richard Sternberg, who studied under Klir. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, anagenesis, anthropocentrism, creationism, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, Günter Wagner, Julian Huxley, natural theology, neo-Darwinian synthesis, Peter Bowler, positivism, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Henry Huxley, Werner Heisenberg}

The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A Fable Told by Ernst Mayr

_{Michael Flannery
July 25, 2018

Evolution

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Mayr worked tirelessly to establish a synthesis bearing the unmistakable stamp of positivism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ann Gauger, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Premack, fossil record, intelligent evolution, J. Scott Turner, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Neo-Darwinism, Purpose and Desire, Quarterly Review of Biology, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Human Instinct, Thomas Nagel, Wendell Berry}

Kudzu Science: Ken Miller’s The Human Instinct

_{Michael Flannery
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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Miller is one of those “settled science” bullies. Here he sets his sights on essayist Marilynne Robinson. Read More ›