Category: Philosophy | Page 12 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, agnostics, Big Bang, Brian Keating, faith and science, intelligent design, Into the Impossible, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, universe, YouTube videos}

Meyer: “God and Science, or No God and No Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2023

Cosmology, Epistemology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Back in 2021, Stephen Meyer talked with UC San Diego cosmologist and “devout agnostic” Brian Keating. Read More ›

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Date
August 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, knowledge, Michael Keas, podcast, reality, science, scientism, truth, Unbelievable}

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

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August 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, alt-right, anti-Semitism, axioms, Charles Murray, conservatism, crime, culture, Democrats, elections, eugenics, evolution, Evolution News, Holocaust, Human Zoos, John West, liberalism, neologisms, Nick Fuentes, policies, Politics, Republicans, Steve Sailer, United States}

“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

_{David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy

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It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Charles Darwin, Darwin's bulldog, Darwinism, evolution, history, ID the Future, Nancy Pearcey, podcast, T.H. Huxley}

Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley

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August 19, 2023

Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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This is an important thing to remember as we continue to evaluate the legacy of Darwin’s arguments today. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, Elie Feder, fine structure constant, ID the Future, numbers, physical constants, physicists, Physics to God, podcast, Richard Feynman, universe}

Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 15, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics, Psychology

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It’s time to get more intimately acquainted with the strange and wonderful numbers that hold our universe together. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 11, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, biologists, books, culture, faith and science, Jerry Coyne, New Atheists, religion, religious tradition, René Girard, Sam Harris, The God Delusion}

After Weaponizing Evolution, New Atheists Are Unhappy with Results

_{David Klinghoffer
August 11, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Richard Dawkins says he finds it “depressing” that people now think he’s “right-wing,” even a “right-wing extremist,” because he’s anti-woke. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, body, girls, joy, men, movies, Public Discourse, transhumanism, women}

Barbie’s Subtle Critique of Transhumanism?

_{Peter Biles
August 8, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The transhumanists want to escape the body into a dreamlike utopia. It will be fully artificial and completely boring. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, analogy, ATP synthase, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), historical sciences, Hubert Yockey, humans, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machines, mutations, natural selection, specified information, theology, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

No, Intelligent Design Doesn’t Reason by Analogy; Here’s Why

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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We also see machines in living systems. That’s not to say that cells or living systems on the whole are “machines,” but they do contain machines. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, animals, Bible, chatbot, ChatGPT, cosmos, curiosity, DNA, history, humans, imagination, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural world}

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

_{Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Asa Gray, biologists, caterpillars, cats, chance, Charles Darwin, Dogs, evolution, evolutionary theory, Isaac Newton, mice, mutations, randomness, theology, Twitter, UC Davis}

A Debate on the “Randomness” of Mutation

_{Paul Nelson
August 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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The historical wellspring of randomness in evolutionary theory is Darwin’s own insistence on “chance” at the causal foundations of life. Read More ›