Type post Author William A. Dembski Date July 6, 2016 CategoriesPaleontologyScientific 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 10 There are three fundamental problems with all examples of inferring Darwinian evolution on the basis of fossil evidence. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 23, 2016 CategoriesFaith & SciencePhilosophyScientific 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 7 Grayling's problem is not merely his frank incompetence in open debate (you can understand his penchant for censorship). Read More ›
Type post Author Ralph Dave Westfall Date June 19, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophy of ScienceScientific 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 ›
Type post Date June 13, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent DesignScientific FreedomScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, conformity, groupthink, stereotypes, TED talks Intelligent Design Is a Protest Movement Against Homogenized Thought Science & Culture June 13, 2016 Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning 2 Watch this parody of a TED talk. It's very funny, and true, but also suggests a more serious point. Read More ›
Type post Author Granville Sewell Date June 12, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionPhilosophy of ScienceScientific 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 9 Joseph LeConte, professor of geology at the University of California, provides an insight into the way most scientists think about evolution. Read More ›
Type post Author Steve Laufmann Date May 31, 2016 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhilosophy of ScienceScientific 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 7 It's long been said that the path to the right answers lies in asking the right questions. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 17, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, creationism, critics, hype, John Horgan, multiverse theory, peer-reviewed, pseudoscience, science journalism, Scientific American, simulation, skepticism, skeptics, straw man, string theory, tribal affiliation Two Kinds of Science “Skepticism” David Klinghoffer May 17, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 5 Science journalist John Horgan makes the great distinction between skepticism directed at "soft" versus "hard" targets. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 16, 2016 CategoriesScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, common descent, insults, Response to Criticism, S. Joshua Swamidass, scientific credibility, scientific debate, theistic evolution, trust in scientists Advice to a Theistic Evolutionist David Klinghoffer May 16, 2016 Scientific Reasoning 5 Joshua Swamidass is a reputable scientist at Washington University, a passionate Christian speaking to other passionate Christians. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 13, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, assumptions, common descent, Cornelius Hunter, empirical evidence, misrepresentation, S. Joshua Swamidass, science and faith, scientific debate, scientific reasoning, theology, V.J. Torley Of Tree Rings and Humans David Klinghoffer May 13, 2016 Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning 8 "Let us imagine that God creates a fully grown tree today, and places it in a forest." Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date May 11, 2016 CategoriesEpistemologyEvolutionScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, Donald Hoffman, modern science, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, objectivity, perception, reasoning, scientific advance, self-reference, survival of the fittest, truth Evolution May Obscure Reality, Says a Cognitive Scientist and Evolutionist Sarah Chaffee May 11, 2016 Epistemology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning 7 Purely naturalistic neo-Darwinism is self-defeating in its illogic. The consequences of this truth are far-reaching. Read More ›
