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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 15, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy of Science
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, biological evolution, Charles Darwin, chemical evolution, Discovery Institute, evolution, Great Minds with Michael Medved, intelligent design, life, Michael Medved, non-life, podcast, Stephen Meyer}

Michael Medved and Stephen Meyer: What Is Life?

_{David Klinghoffer
February 15, 2018

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy of Science, Technology

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Even if you don’t know how to define life, you know it when you see it. But how? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 2, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, C. John Collins, C.S. Lewis, Casey Luskin, Darwinian theory, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, James Tour, John West, Jonathan Wells, Matti Leisola, Paul Nelson, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, theistic evolution, theology, Wayne Grudem, Winston Ewert}

Beautiful Monster — Theistic Evolution: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Critique Is Here!

_{Paul Nelson
November 2, 2017

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

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It's a MONSTER because it's 1007 pages, which means you'll probably still be reading it when the Chicago Cubs are in the World Series again. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 18, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, explanations, fine-tuning, general relativity, logical possibility, many-worlds hypothesis, multiverse, multiverse theory, Nautilus, Principle of Plenitude, Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), problem of evil, theoretical physics}

How Physicists Learned to Love the Multiverse

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 18, 2017

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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The Principle of Plenitude, an idea with a long history, holds that everything that can exist will exist. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
October 27, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, absence of evidence, argument from ignorance, circular reasoning, Darwinian theory, evidence for id, experimental science, falsifiability, gradualism, Irreducible Complexity, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, logic, Michael Ruse, molecular biology, positive case for design, presuppositions, Response to Criticism, testability, theistic evolution, Thomas Reid}

Philosophical Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Critics

_{Michael Behe
October 27, 2016

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Some reviewers of Darwin's Black Box raised philosophical objections. I will discuss several of these. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 5, 2016

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __tedited, Alfred North Whitehead, Cicero, complex specified information, Duke of Argyll, Etienne Gilson, form, limits of science, mind, natural theology, substance, Universal Design Intuition}

Intelligent Design, from Cicero to Kant

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 5, 2016

History of Science, Philosophy of Science

7}

Darwin himself sought to overcome his own design intuition. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 19, 2016

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __tedited, ethicists, eugenics, relativism, scientism, scientocracy, Social Darwinism}

Yes, There Can Be Science Without Scientism, and Without Relativism

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 19, 2016

Philosophy of Science

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Can we reject the confines of pure materialism without rejecting the information-value of data? Read More ›

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Author
Ralph Dave Westfall

Date
June 19, 2016

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, "Science Says", anti-science, authority, discovery, knowledge}

There’s No Grand Unity Called “Science”

_{Ralph Dave Westfall
June 19, 2016

Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

4}

In truth, there are only individual fields of study, some of which deserve being called sciences, while others arguably do not. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 12, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, agent causation, argument from analogy, Cambrian fossils, entropy, evolutionary biology, explanatory power, fossil record, gradualism, intelligent causation, methodological naturalism, scientific reasoning, The Origins of Life}

Why Should Evolutionary Biology Be So Different?

_{Granville Sewell
June 12, 2016

Evolution, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Joseph LeConte, professor of geology at the University of California, provides an insight into the way most scientists think about evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Steve Laufmann

Date
May 31, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, causal agents, causality, causation, defining terms, demarcation criteria, falsifiability, historical sciences, inference to the best explanation, methodological materialism, methodology, motivated reasoning, objectivity, observability, predictive-success, presuppositions, pseudoscience, scientific method, scientific reasoning, testability, worldview}

Foundational Question: Is Intelligent Design Science?

_{Steve Laufmann
May 31, 2016

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It's long been said that the path to the right answers lies in asking the right questions. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 27, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, Alvin Plantinga, animals, biases, C. S. Lewis, cherry-picking fallacy, circular reasoning, education, human capacities, human condition, human nature, inference, John West, lawyers, methodology, Nancy Pearcey, naturalism, nonsense, objectivity, people, psychology, reasoning, scientific advance, scientific method, technological advancement, trust in scientists}

Lawyer, Scientist, or Animal? Choosing Between Evolution and Human Reason

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 27, 2016

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Darwinism undercuts human reason. That's bad news for science. Read More ›