Category: Metaphysics | Page 4 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
December 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, blood, evolution, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Joana Xavier, money, naturalism, parrots, Perry Marshall, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theology, University College London, William Harvey, YouTube videos}

Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad

_{Paul Nelson
December 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Origin of Life

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Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 5, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Anselm, atheism, Big Bang, Edward Feser, general relativity, ignorance, intelligent design, Ontological Argument, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas}

God Hypothesis: In Defense of Stephen Meyer’s Book Title

_{Michael Egnor
December 5, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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What Dr. Meyer did was enter the atheist camp, take up their flawed tools, and defeat them with their own weapons. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 4, 2022

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, creator, Elon Musk, human beings, Jay Richards, machines, meat machines, myths, Science Uprising, Stephen Hawking, The Human Advantage, work}

Jay Richards: Myths, Metaphysics, and Artificial Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
October 4, 2022

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science, Technology

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It isn’t a superior grasp of the technology involved that drives some to warn that AI will achieve superiority over human beings. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Bernardo Kastrup, birds, cephalopods, Christianity, consciousness, dreaming, general relativity, gravitational waves, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, mammals, mental states, Michael Egnor, neocortex, protists, rapid eye movement, spiders, Thomistic philosophy}

Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor

_{Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 1, 2022

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, Edward Feser, eternity, God Hypothesis, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, infinity, Jerry Coyne, numbers, Plato, Platonic forms, solar system, St. Augustine, sun, theism, universals}

Mathematics and the God Hypothesis

_{Michael Egnor
August 1, 2022

Culture, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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There is a classical proof of God’s existence that uses universal concepts such as mathematics, proposed most prominently by St. Augustine. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, act, adults, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, baby, genius, gestation, human being, Jerry Coyne, life, possibilities, potency, rational thought, soul, Thomistic philosophy, zygote}

Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?

_{Michael Egnor
May 16, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, birds, Charles Darwin, creator, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, theology, Why Evolution Is True}

Why the Main Argument Against Intelligent Design Is False

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 7, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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As Darwin argued, “we can hardly believe that the webbed feet of the upland goose or of the frigate-bird are of special use to these birds." Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 21, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, birds, empirical science, evolution, human eye, hunters, intelligent design, John Ray, light, Nathan Lents, retina, vision}

Did Nathan Lents Refute Design?

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 21, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Today our knowledge of the eye’s design is far more detailed. Particularly striking are the incredible mechanisms at the molecular level. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
July 29, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, atheism, Big Bang, God Hypothesis, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, scientists, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, universe}

Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
July 29, 2021

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 7, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, biological information, high school, Hoover Institution, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Robert Jastrow, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, theism, U.C. San Diego, Uncommon Knowledge}

Meyer, Robinson: Yes, Reason and Materialism CAN Be Separated

_{David Klinghoffer
April 7, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Scientific Reasoning

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The great question behind Steve Meyer's new book is whether world-views can be objectively tested. Read More ›