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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biosphere, copper, insulin, intentionality, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, life, Newtonian mechanics, oxygen, purpose, science of purpose, thermodynamics}

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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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, birds, causality, diabetes, dispositionalism, hemoglobin, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, materialistic science, medicine, Michael Behe, migration, nature, navigation, powers, realism, science of purpose, scientific inquiry, Thomas Aquinas, UV light, water}

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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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood}

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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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 2, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", diffusion, Evolution News, formalism, Galileo Galilei, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, mechanics, Michael Behe, natural law, naturalists, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Plato, Pythagoras, science of purpose, scientific atheists, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, William A. Dembski}

Is Natural Law Irreducible?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 2, 2024

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
March 12, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blueprint, Chance and Necessity, DNA, hominids, Homo sapiens, human beings, Jacques Monod, Nazis, Nobel Prize, polypeptides, science of purpose, scientific atheists}

From Jacques Monod, a Grim Message for Humanity

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
March 12, 2024

Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Biology was becoming a "real" science, melded with chemistry into the new discipline of biochemistry. At last life was reducible to molecular interactions. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin, circulation, digestion, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, metabolism, organisms, purpose, respiration, science of purpose}

A Darwinian Dilemma: The Paradox of Reproduction

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Reproductive Science

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Astonishingly, there is one unique organ system that actually detracts from the chances of survival of even the fittest individuals. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
January 15, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, breathing, causality, Charles Darwin, chemical reactions, chlorophyll, chloroplasts, earth, heart, Inertia, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Moon, physical constants, rationality, science of purpose, teleology, telos, theologians, Thomas Aquinas}

“All Things Are Ordered to Their End”

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 15, 2024

Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

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In that one simple phrase, St. Thomas Aquinas, the greatest Christian theologian of all time, echoed the fundamental teaching of Aristotle. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Aristotle, body, causation, Christianity, DNA, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, mind, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, proteins, René Descartes, ribosomes, science of purpose, scientism, soul, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, William A. Dembski}

To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cartesian dualism, dualism, Immanuel Kant, integration, John Searle, purpose, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, science of purpose, scientific advance, scientism, Thomas Aquinas}

How to Overcome Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 4, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Descartes is one of the founding fathers of Western science. And the conversion from medieval scholasticism to Cartesian dualism propelled science dramatically. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›