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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Stephen J. Iacoboni

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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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April 22, 2025
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Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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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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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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January 30, 2025
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Evolution
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The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity

Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 30, 2025
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics
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The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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November 7, 2024
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Bioethics
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The Machine Model in Medicine

Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 7, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine, Metaphysics
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The unfortunate fact is, there really are those two conflicting sides in medicine. Read More ›
Jonathan Wells
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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September 29, 2024
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Biology
Evolution
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Scientific Freedom
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A First Meeting with Jonathan Wells

Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 29, 2024
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom
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When physicians express doubts about Darwin, we are quickly reminded of that famous remark of Theodosius Dobzhansky. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
September 26, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
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My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor 

Stephen J. Iacoboni
September 26, 2024
Intelligent Design, Medicine
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It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual "comfort" afforded by the mechanistic consensus. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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August 28, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 28, 2024
Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Philosophy
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One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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August 12, 2024
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 12, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
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Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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July 1, 2024
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Illuminating the Power of Life

Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 1, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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That which is unique to life alone, which offers the only valid explanation of irreducible complexity, is the manifestation of goal-directed functional logic. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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May 15, 2024
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Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism

Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
April 25, 2024
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Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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A Closer Look at Natural Law 

Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 25, 2024
Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy
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The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›

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