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Doug Axe
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 Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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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
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
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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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Philosophy of Science

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Paul Nelson
Date
March 31, 2023
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Biology
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Dangerous Skating: Kauffman, Jaeger, and Roli on the Need for a New Teleology

Paul Nelson
March 31, 2023
Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Social Sciences
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Openly breaking with naturalism can get one dispatched to the gulag of intelligent design. For most scholars, that is a one-way trip to academic Siberia. Read More ›
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Jonathan Wells
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October 12, 2022
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Biology
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Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

Jonathan Wells
October 12, 2022
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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David Klinghoffer
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Jonathan Wells
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October 11, 2022
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Evolution
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Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

Jonathan Wells
October 11, 2022
Evolution, 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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August 14, 2022
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Evolution
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Paul Nelson: Freeing Minds Trapped in a Naturalistic Parabola

Science and Culture
August 14, 2022
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
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Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about pursuing intelligent design theory in a science culture committed to naturalism. Read More ›
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Nathan Lents
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Mike Keas
Date
May 27, 2022
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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Troubles with the Tree of Life

Mike Keas and Paul Nelson
May 27, 2022
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science
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Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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December 7, 2021
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Stephen Meyer, Seth Hart: Answering Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design

David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2021
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science
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Think of it: a Hindu moderating a conversation between two Christian philosophers about science and faith — fascinating. Read More ›
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Cornelius Hunter
Date
December 2, 2021
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Biology
Evolution
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Ultra-Conserved Elements: New Paper, Same Old Results

Cornelius Hunter
December 2, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science
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UCEs are conserved structures that are not functionally constrained. Yet there is not so much as a hint of a problem for evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Jonathan-Wells
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October 15, 2021
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Evolution
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Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

Science and Culture
October 15, 2021
Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science
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Biologist Jonathan Wells contends that modern evolutionary theory is a current instance of a dominant paradigm in crisis. Read More ›
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David Klinghoffer
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October 5, 2021
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
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Physics
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Meyer: No Escape from a Mind Behind the Universe

David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2021
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics
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Cosmologists of an atheist disposition have been seeking an escape hatch from the implications of the Big Bang. Read More ›
Stephen Meyer
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David Klinghoffer
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August 24, 2021
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Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
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Stephen Meyer: “Into the Impossible” with Brian Keating

David Klinghoffer
August 24, 2021
Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Planetology
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Meyer answered philosophical, spiritual, and quite personal questions from Professor Keating on his podcast, "Into the Impossible." Read More ›

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