Category: History of Science | Page 8 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 8, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, anti-science, Christianity, conflict myth, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, science and religion, Seattle, superstition, tradition}

Logan Paul Gage: “Our Galileo Complex”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 8, 2020

Faith & Science, History of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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How did science, of all things, come to be a vehicle for virtue signaling, a virtual religion, with insiders and outsiders, the damned and the saved? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 14, 2020

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Adam Shapiro, Anthony Fauci, bioengineering, COVID-19, intelligent design, laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases}

Intelligent Design and COVID-19: Take a Seat for This Criticism

_{Michael Egnor
August 14, 2020

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Intelligent design scientists, Adam Shapiro thinks, could redeem ID as being “apolitical” precisely by playing politics with science. Read More ›

Portrait of Galileo Galilei and his telescope

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Date
May 22, 2020

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Christianity, climate change, conflict myth, creationism, Discovery Institute, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, geocentrism, heliocentrism, heresy, Inquisition, John William Draper, Jonathan Wells, Michael Keas, Nature (journal), Nicolaus Copernicus, public education, religion, Roman Catholic, science and religion, Unbelievable, Warfare Thesis, Zombie Science (book)}

Zombie History — Using Galileo to Whack Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
May 22, 2020

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Science Reporting

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As a top science journal tells the story, the Galileo myth is relevant only to attack those who challenge the establishment consensus. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, conflict myth, Florence, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, Giordano Bruno, history, Michael Keas, religion, Roman Catholic, theology, Unbelievable}

Galileo Myth Goes Marching On

_{David Klinghoffer
March 6, 2019

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Physical Sciences

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He lived out his life at his comfortable rural estate, Villa Il Gioiello, on the hillside outskirts of Florence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 6, 2019

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __cedited, APOB, blubber, cholesterol, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian mechanism, DNA, evolution, genes, mice, Michigan State University, polar bears, proteins, Response to Criticism, Richard Lenski, Science (journal), Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology}

Lessons from Polar Bear Studies

_{Michael Behe
March 6, 2019

Evolution, History of Science, Philosophy of Science

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Computer methods of analyzing mutations are widely used because they are generally accurate. They do not suddenly lose their accuracy when I cite them. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, conflict myth, execution, Giordano Bruno, heresy, Michael Keas, myths, Neil deGrasse Tyson, religion, Roman Catholic, Unbelievable}

Science Historian Michael Keas: Let’s Not Compound the Tragedy of Giordano Bruno

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2019

Faith & Science, History of Science

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The medieval idea of burning people because of their religious beliefs is horrific, but it only adds to the tragedy to say Bruno’s death illustrates the warfare between faith and science. Read More ›

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Date
February 2, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, __edited, conflict myth, Giordano Bruno, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Neil deGrasse Tyson, planets, science and religion, Unbelievable, universe}

Giordano Bruno: A Martyr, Yes, but Not for Science

_{Science & Culture
February 2, 2019

Faith & Science, History of Science

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Bruno was not executed for his view that we live in a vast universe with vast numbers of planets. Read More ›

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Date
January 19, 2019

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, Andrew McDiarmid, Bill Nye, C.S. Lewis, earth, ID the Future, ISI Books, Judeo-Christian tradition, Michael Keas, Old Testament, podcast, Psalms, theists, theology, Unbelievable, universe}

Listen: No, Bill Nye, a Big Cosmos Isn’t a Problem for Religion

_{Science & Culture
January 19, 2019

History of Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Bill Nye recently dusted off this old saw, but the Old Testament itself, in the Psalms, depicts man and the Earth as tiny in compared to a vast universe. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 26, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __cedited, Christianity, Christians, culture, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, Michael Keas, podcast, Scientism and Secularism (book), scientists}

J.P. Moreland: How Vapid Scientism Exacts Its Toll

_{David Klinghoffer
November 26, 2018

Faith & Science, History of Science, Philosophy of Science, Science Education

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“Science cannot function without the history and philosophy of science,” yet “scientists are not educated today to know that.” 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 ›