Category: Scientific Reasoning | Page 15 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 2, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Bill Nye, creationism, methodological naturalism, science stopper, Undeniable (book)}

Watch Doug Axe and Bill Nye Side by Side

_{David Klinghoffer
August 2, 2016

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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No need to wait on our invitation to Nye. In paired videos, look how Dr. Axe and Mr. Nye respectively discuss evolution. Read More ›

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Date
July 29, 2016

Categories
Planetology
Rare Earth
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, advanced life, alien intelligence, alien life, communication, complex life, design detection, extra-terrestrial intelligence, Extra-Terrestrial Life, materialism, occult, preconditions, probabilities, research funding, science fiction, SETI, signal, space aliens, space exploration}

After Fifty Years of Searching for ETs, Materialists Won’t Take No for an Answer

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July 29, 2016

Planetology, Rare Earth, Scientific Reasoning

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If your idea is that life on Earth is nothing special, it follows that life should be plentiful in the cosmos. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
July 27, 2016

Categories
Paleontology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, "survival of the fittest", biodiversity, common descent, common design, convergence, human consciousness, methodological naturalism, missing links, paradigms}

Why Similarities Do Not Prove the Absence of Design

_{Granville Sewell
July 27, 2016

Paleontology, Scientific Reasoning

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A future paleontologist would be puzzled by the huge differences between the bicycle and motor vehicle phyla, or between the boat and airplane phyla. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2016

Categories
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, argument from authority, design intuition, feelings, logical fallacies, persuasion, public opinion, scientific debate, skepticism, tribalism, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book)}

Scientists Aren’t Exempt from Feelings, Any More Than the Public Is

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2016

Scientific Reasoning

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And no, that's not entirely a bad thing. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
July 6, 2016

Categories
Paleontology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, biogeography, common ancestry, convergence, design motifs, empirical evidence, evolutionary time, file drawer problem, fossil record, Foundation for Thought and Ethics, genetics, geological time, lineages, promotions, structural motif, suppressed evidence}

Why Fossils Cannot Demonstrate Darwinian Evolution

_{William A. Dembski
July 6, 2016

Paleontology, Scientific Reasoning

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There are three fundamental problems with all examples of inferring Darwinian evolution on the basis of fossil evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 23, 2016

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, accountability, atheism, begging the question, causality, circular causality, cosmic beginning, deism, empiricism, God Hypothesis, intelligent agency, motivated reasoning, natural evil, rationality, scientific debate, teleology, theism}

The Rowe-Grayling Debate

_{Michael Egnor
June 23, 2016

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Grayling's problem is not merely his frank incompetence in open debate (you can understand his penchant for censorship). 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

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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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Date
June 13, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __tedited, conformity, groupthink, stereotypes, TED talks}

Intelligent Design Is a Protest Movement Against Homogenized Thought

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June 13, 2016

Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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Watch this parody of a TED talk. It's very funny, and true, but also suggests a more serious point. 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, causality, causation, defining terms, demarcation criteria, falsifiability, historical sciences, inference to the best explanation, methodological materialism, methodology, motivated reasoning, objectivity, 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 ›