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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 14, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, atheism, First Cause, Five Ways, laws of nature, logic, nature, nuclear fusion, Prime Mover, proofs, Thomas Aquinas}

Irrefutable, Impeccable, Inescapable: Aquinas’ Second Way

_{Michael Egnor
October 14, 2019

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Every grain of sand is a link in an essential causal chain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns}

Essence and Existence in Modern Science

_{Michael Egnor
October 12, 2019

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, bias, cat, Christianity, dog, essence, existence, faith, kittens, reality, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns, Venn diagram}

Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics

_{Michael Egnor
October 11, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, act, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Five Ways, Jerry Coyne, law of non-contradiction, mechanical philosophy, nature, potency, pre-Socratic philosophers, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Thomas Aquinas, Werner Heisenberg}

Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 30, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, atheism, Bertrand Russell, Christianity, Daniel Dennett, Darwinists, evolution, inference, Islam, Jerry Coyne, Plato, Richard Dawkins, Saint Augustine, Siberia, Sir David Attenborough, Stephen Hawking, Summa Theologica, theism, Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus, totalitarianism}

Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne

_{Michael Egnor
September 30, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Scientific Reasoning

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The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 27, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Christianity, cosmological argument, Darwinists, evolution, Granville Sewell, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, law of non-contradiction, materialists, Michael Egnor, Richard Dawkins, Sir David Attenborough, Thomas Aquinas, Unmoved Mover}

“Who Designed the Designer?”: Egnor Addresses a Perennial Challenge

_{David Klinghoffer
September 27, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Because the challenge is perennial, and because we’re not all philosophers, it’s good to come back to it from time to time. Read More ›

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Author
George Gilder

Date
September 16, 2019

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, abortion, AIDS, Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis, empirical science, faith, Homo sapiens, human brain, Max Delbrück, Michael Aeschliman, science, scientism, Steven Weinberg, Ten Commandments}

Michael Aeschliman and the Consolation of Man

_{George Gilder
September 16, 2019

Arts, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Estranged from God, both art and science become incoherent babble, sliding toward an obsession with the prurient lure of triumphant evil. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2019

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, essence, ID the Future, mechanistic view, Michael Egnor, nature, particles, podcast, purpose, science, scientists, teleology}

Edward Feser on Aristotle’s Revenge — Purpose and Essence in Nature

_{Science & Culture
July 17, 2019

Biology, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Scientists can get along without Aristotle’s metaphysics, says Feser, but science can’t. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, cloning, evil, human cloning, in vitro fertilization, Jay Richards, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, pregnancy, rape, Roman Catholic, soul, theology, Thomism}

Jay Richards Responds to Michael Egnor on Cloning

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2019

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Cloning a human being is a terrifying prospect, from a moral perspective, and seems inevitable. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 9, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Charles Darwin, computer science, conservatives, culture, David Berlinski, Discovery Institute, evolution, faith, female, Florence, Hoover Institution, Italy, male, National Review, nature, Peter Robinson, Razib Khan, science, species, Stanford University, Uncommon Knowledge, Yale University}

My Gift to You: David Berlinski Interviewed by Peter Robinson

_{David Klinghoffer
July 9, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy

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Berlinski’s plea is that the grave contradictions between evolution and evidence at least be forthrightly admitted. Read More ›