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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 20, 2018

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Evolution
Philosophy
Technology
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, __cedited, assumptions, human beings, human dignity, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, methodological naturalism, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, Rabbi Moshe Averick, scientists, Stephen Hawking}

Scientist as Shaman — Seeing Through the Sham

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September 20, 2018

Evolution, Philosophy, Technology

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Think, for example, of the late Stephen Hawking and how his fevered pronouncements in his final years were received. Read More ›

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September 7, 2018

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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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, __cedited, "God of the gaps", Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, Catholicism and Evolution, faith, Father Michael Chaberek, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jay Richards, podcast, science, Thomas Aquinas, Thomists}

Why Thomas Aquinas Would Have Loved Intelligent Design

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September 7, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As for criticism that ID is a “God of the Gaps” argument, Michael Chaberek urges Thomists to consider where that complaint leads. Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
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, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, consciousness, ID the Future, machines, robots, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Bill Dembski on the AI Boogeyman, and the Real AI Danger

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September 1, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

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“The real worry,” Dembski says, “isn’t that we’ll raise machines to our level, but that we’ll lower humanity to the level of machines.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
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, __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

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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

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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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Date
August 19, 2018

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Bioethics
Philosophy
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, __cedited, __image, body, female, Heritage Foundation, ID the Future, life, male, materialists, Nancy Pearcey, nature, podcast, sexuality}

Nancy Pearcey Urges Inconsistent Materialists: Love Thy Body

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August 19, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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One inconsistency is their unlivable claim that “we have no free will.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2018

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
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, __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
Sarah Chaffee

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Christianity, creationism, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, finch beaks, Georgia, Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Next Generation Science Standards, public education, religion, Richard Dawkins, science, Scientific American, teachers, theology, vestigial structures}

Using Religion to Push Evolution in Public School Biology Class — What Could Go Wrong?

_{Sarah Chaffee
August 7, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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A much better approach would be no religion in biology class, and more science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, 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

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August 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Wallace was the co-discoverer with Charles Darwin of the theory of evolution by natural selection. He later broke with Darwin over the question of teleology. Read More ›