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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, action potentials, artifacts, cochlea, Darwinists, ear, intelligent design, machine, natural philosophy, nervous system, piano, Rockefeller University, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Thomists, transducer}

Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotelianism, birds, common descent, creation, Epicureanism, evolutionary theory, homology, horse, inheritance, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, monkey, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, teleology, Why Evolution Is True}

What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Metaphysics

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Here are unauthorized answers to questions posed by Jerry Coyne's blog. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 22, 2018

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotle, brain, Cartesian dualism, emergence, materialism, matter, mind, neurons, neurotransmitters, ontology, res cogitans, res extensa, soul, Thomism, water}

“Emergence” and the Soul

_{Michael Egnor
January 22, 2018

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Emergence, as a perceptual surprise, can’t explain the mind because emergence presupposes the mind. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 17, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotle, atheism, determinism, evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, intelligent design, law of non-contradiction, materialism, natural selection, René Descartes, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas, truth}

Descartes’s Blunder

_{Michael Egnor
January 17, 2018

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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What is it that we are most sure of? It’s a fundamental question, the object of philosophical analysis for millennia. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 5, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, evil, goodness, Moral Law, morality, North Korea, theism, Voltaire}

On Atheism and Morality, Study Confirms Voltaire?

_{Michael Egnor
September 5, 2017

Bioethics, Metaphysics

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Of the various questions raised in the theist/atheist debate, here's one that has, I believe, occasioned more witless commentary than any other. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 1, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __nedited, Abraham Loeb, Alan Guth, Anna Ijjas, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, fine-tuning, Imre Lakatos, Lawrence Krauss, multiverse, nature, Rob Sheldon, Sean Carroll, Standard Model, Stephen Hawking, string theory}

Cosmic Inflation Theory Loses Hangups About Scientific Method

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 1, 2017

Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Metaphysics

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Science writer Dennis Overbye calls the inflation controversy a crisis in cosmology. But maybe it is more of a crossroads. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 30, 2017

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotle, Ed Feser, existence, intelligibility, matter, potency, substance}

What Is Form?

_{Michael Egnor
July 30, 2017

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialism is an impoverished perspective on nature, and it creates, rather than solves, problems in metaphysics and science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 20, 2017

Categories
Biology
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, __edited, Adam Frank, Aristotle, Cartesian dualism, David Klinghoffer, electron, materialism, neuroscience, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa}

What Is Matter? The Materialist Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
July 20, 2017

Biology, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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Materialism isn’t really a metaphysical theory. It’s just a mistake. It’s a woefully inadequate understanding of nature. Read More ›

Aristotle: greek philosopher, polymath of classical period, ancient greece's profound thinker and influential figure in fields spanning philosophy, science, ethics, politics

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 16, 2016

Categories
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, __tedited, Cartesian dualism, Francis Bacon, hylomorphism, induction, intentionality, materialism, mind-body problem, purpose, Reductionism, René Descartes, teleology, Thomism}

Teleology and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 16, 2016

Metaphysics

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Perhaps the turning point in modern philosophy of science was the abandonment of teleology by Francis Bacon. Read More ›

Inexperienced painter painted having problems, The concept of working problems.

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 14, 2016

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, aboutness, Cartesian dualism, consciousness, David Chalmers, dualism, hard problem of consciousness, hylomorphism, intentionality, materialism, mind, neuroscience, Reductionism, René Descartes, self-awareness, sensations, Thomism}

What Is Consciousness?

_{Michael Egnor
July 14, 2016

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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René Descartes in the 17th century created the Hard Problem of consciousness, out of whole cloth. Read More ›