Category: Metaphysics | Page 7 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Evolution
Linguistics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Physics
Social Sciences
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, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", act, adaptation, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Darwinian theory, Darwinists, Erwin Schrödinger, form, genotype, Isaac Newton, matter, phenotype, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, theory, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism}

Aristotle and Universal Darwinism

_{Michael Egnor
April 8, 2019

Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Linguistics, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics, Social Sciences

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The greatest engine of atheism in modern times — Darwin’s theory — is nothing more than a bastardization of the strongest philosophical argument for God’s existence. Read More ›

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Date
November 16, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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, __cedited, __image, Center for Science and Culture, creationism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, faith, humanities, hypocrisy, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, Michael Behe, podcast, Roman Catholic}

Hypocrisy Watch: What to Expect When Behe Book Comes Out

_{Science & Culture
November 16, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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“Oh, Michael Behe happens to be a Catholic, therefore we don’t have listen to him on the science.” Well that’s poppycock. Read More ›

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Author
Tom Gilson

Date
November 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, bias, Christianity, Genesis, J.B.S. Haldane, Judaism, Lawrence Krauss, methodological naturalism, moral agency, Robert Pennock, science, secularism, straw man, theism, theology, Tom Gilson}

Dump the Metaphysics — How About Methodological Regularism?

_{Tom Gilson
November 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science

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Science doesn’t need methodological naturalism. It doesn’t need methodological theism, either. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision}

Darwin’s Rhapsody

_{Paul Nelson
August 30, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics

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“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, clergy, culture, Father Michael Chaberek, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Jews, John Zmirak, macroevolution, microevolution, Neo-Darwinism, podcast, Protestants, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas, Chaberek, Richards: A Cleansing Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
August 28, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Our culture is both degraded and degrading. No doubt the caustic effects of some trends in scientific thought — about biological origins, for example — have played a part in that. What can we do about it? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 28, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Genetics
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, C. John Collins, chimpanzees, common descent, David Snoke, Dennis Venema, genome, Günter Bechly, humans, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, mice, mutations, Nature (journal), providence, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Scot McKnight, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology, University of Pittsburgh, Washington University, Wayne Grudem, Y chromosome}

Answering Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: Sketchy Science, and a Swerve into Metaphysics

_{Ann Gauger
August 28, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Genetics, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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His choice of targets for criticism and for praise have a lot more to do with his particular agenda than the defects or merits of those whom he critiques. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2018

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, animals, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, body, compounds, computers, elements, Father Michael Chaberek, humans, intelligent design, man, oceans, soul, substance, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, thoughts}

New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2018

Botany, Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, atheism, Catholicism and Evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, hylomorphism, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, materialism, Phillip E. Johnson, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Richard Lewontin, Roman Catholic, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Werner Heisenberg}

A Superb New Website: Introducing Aquinas.Design

_{Michael Egnor
July 27, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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There is an ongoing debate about intelligent design in the Thomist system. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Harvard University, Henri Bergson, idealism, John Elof Boodin, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, paleontology, pantheism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, Stephen Hawking, William James}

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›