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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 14, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Andreas Wagner, Aristotle, biology, C.H. Waddington, Casey Luskin, creationists, demiurge, Denis Noble, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, evolutionary biology, Günter Bechly, Hans Driesch, Harvard University, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Lars Löfgren, Michael Levin, microbes, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonism, René Descartes, René Thom, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, sequoia trees, Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design, theoretical biology, Tufts University, University of Zurich, vitalism}

Eavesdropping in the Platonic Academy

_{Daniel Witt
May 14, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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I can relate to the paleontologist Günter Bechly, who, after hearing Sternberg lay out his thesis, lay awake unable to sleep as he considered the implications. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 4, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, biology, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, genome, ID the Future, immaterial genome, intelligent design, Plato's Revenge, podcast}

“If That’s True, It Changes Everything”: David Klinghoffer Reads from Plato’s Revenge

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 4, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science

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As David Klinghoffer relates in the Introduction, Richard Sternberg’s work is set to change the predominant conception of the genome. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 1, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aeneid, An Inventive Universe, Aristotle, Darwinism, Gerald H. Pollack, Harvard University, human evolution, human spirit, Inkwell Press, James Barham, John McDowell, Kenneth G. Denbigh, Latin, Mind and Cosmos, Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, natural selection, naturalism, neo-Thomists, Nicolaus Copernicus, philosophy of nature, Richard Dawkins, scientism, teleology, Thomas Browne, Thomas Nagel, University of Texas}

The Emergence of Freedom: A New Book by James Barham

_{William A. Dembski
May 1, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Barham’s approach to teleology in nature is, if anything, Aristotelian. Indeed, Aristotle is the most cited person in the index of his book. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 21, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Tagged
, abiogenesis, David Hume, Doug Monroe, evolutionary process, ID the Future, intelligent design, laws of nature, miracles, podcast, Praxis Circle, Return of the God Hypothesis, Theistic Evolution (book)}

Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Physics?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 21, 2024

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physics

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Philosopher of science Stephen Meyer thinks David Hume’s argument against miracles is weak. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Altenberg 16, evolution, Evolution: A View from the 21st Century, Gerd Müller, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), James Shapiro, Konrad Lorenz, London, Massimo Pigliucci, neo-Darwinian theory, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Royal Society, Suzan Mazur, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Vienna}

Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

_{Jonathan Wells
September 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, American Astronomical Society, Biophysical Society, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Darwinism, defining id, defining science, defining terms, definist fallacy, Enlightenment, evolution, fear mongering, gravity, Harvey Lodish, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, materialism, Modern Age, Myth of the Dark Ages, naturalism, Nature (journal), peer review, pseudoscience, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Walther Nernst}

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
September 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Douglas Axe, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheists, Normal Science, panpsychism, paradigm shift, post-truth, Professor Dave, PZ Myers, religious right, Royal Society, Sam Harris, scientism, spiritualism, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution, tipping point, vitalism, Zeitgeist}

Is This a Paradigm Shift?

_{Daniel Witt
August 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, apologetics, evidence, intelligent activity, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, Reasons to Believe, scientific evidence, scientific method}

Luskin: Why Intelligent Design Is the Truly Scientific Method

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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That codicil, a matter of personal or philosophical preference, binds and blinds the scientist in a way that is NOT scientific. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
May 27, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, biologists, common descent, debate, defining evolution, defining terms, dialogue, evidence, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, ID the Future, intelligent design, Memorial Day, natural selection, podcast, Robert Waltzer}

Clarifying Loaded Words in the Evolution Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
May 27, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Biologist Robert Waltzer describes an encouraging success story of his about fostering open dialogue. Read More ›

Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs

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Date
March 4, 2024

Categories
Arts
Biochemistry
Bioethics
Cosmology
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, application, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, careers, Casey Luskin, Colorado, computational biology, deadline, developmental biology, economics, education, embryology, graduate students, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John West, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Egnor, molecular biology, paleontology, Politics, professionals, researchers, Robert J. Marks II, scholars, scientism, scientists, Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design, teachers, technocracy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, theology, Travel, Wesley J. Smith}

Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Are FREE but the Application DEADLINE Approaches

_{Science and Culture
March 4, 2024

Arts, Biochemistry, Bioethics, Cosmology, History of Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Science Education

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In the shadow of 14,000-foot Pikes Peak, we’ll meet and learn from the top scientists and scholars in the ID community. Read More ›