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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 16, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, animals, bioethicists, breeders, extinction, Homo sapiens, human extinction, humans, mastectomies, Peter Singer, puberty blockers, transhumanism}

In Prestigious Journal, Bioethicist Pushes Human Extinction

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy, Reproductive Science

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The human-extinction movement used to be pretty fringy but it may be gaining traction within bioethics and philosophy. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 9, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, After Death, Alexander T. Englert, atheism, human beings, immortality, Institute for Advanced Study, John Keats, Kurt Gödel, materialists, near-death experiences, relationships, Thomas Aquinas}

Gödel’s Defense of the Immortality of the Soul

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 9, 2024

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Gödel (1906–1978) is best known for destroying the materialist atheist hope that mathematics could be self-consistent without any external origin. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 6, 2024

Categories
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Discovery Institute, Doug Monroe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, materialism, morality, podcast, Praxis Circle, relativism, Stephen Meyer, theism, worldview}

Stephen Meyer: Scientific Arguments for a Theistic Worldview

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2024

Epistemology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Are there strong scientific arguments for theism? Is there such a thing as objective morality? Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
January 4, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Ancient Rome, Bible, Cicero, design intuition, history of id, intelligence, intelligent design, machinery, mind, nature, universe}

Cicero on Intelligent Design — Sound Familiar?

_{Nancy Pearcey
January 4, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Yesterday was Cicero's birthday. To celebrate, here's my favorite quote from the Roman philosopher. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Christof Koch, consciousness, crabs, Francis Crick, hard problem of consciousness, John Horgan, materialism, mind, nervous system, neuroscience, panpsychism, philosophers, physiology, theists}

Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 11, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
December 11, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Alvin Plantinga, Barbara Forrest, brain, C.S. Lewis, censorship, Charles Darwin, Christian colleges, Christianity, cosmologists, goodness, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, materialism, monkey, National Association of Scholars, Northwestern University, Paul Gross, physical laws, post-truth, Richard Dawkins, scientific materialism, Steven Pinker, William Graham, woke ideology, worldview}

How Scientific Materialism Begot Woke Ideology

_{William A. Dembski
December 11, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy, Reproductive Science

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I’m seeing people like Krauss assume the role as champions of traditional academic values (reason, merit, free discourse) against the barbarian hordes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, brain, dualism, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, illusion, intentionality, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, physicalism}

Neuroscience Must Be Dualist, Whether or Not “Science” Allows It

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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No matter what terminology is chosen, the materialist project always and necessarily amounts to eliminating the mind. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, climate change, closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, denialism, education, Eugenie Scott, evidence, evolution, global warming, human evolution, intellectual humility, intelligent design, motivated reasoning, nanotechnology, open-mindedness, polarization, popular opinion, Science Literacy, self-correcting, Stem Cell Research, TEDx talk}

Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 4, 2023

Epistemology, Scientific Reasoning

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The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cartesian dualism, dualism, Immanuel Kant, integration, John Searle, purpose, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, science of purpose, scientific advance, scientism, Thomas Aquinas}

How to Overcome Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 4, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Descartes is one of the founding fathers of Western science. And the conversion from medieval scholasticism to Cartesian dualism propelled science dramatically. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, causation, common descent, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, John West, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Neoplatonism, principle of utility, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, teleology, The Edge of Evolution, The World of Life, theology}

Intelligent Design and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution — Different Yet the Same

_{Michael Flannery
November 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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If any modern ID proponent fits the Wallacean model it is biologist Michael Behe. Read More ›