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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 30, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Adam and Eve, Brian Miller, creation myth, Darwinian paradigm, evolution, faith and science, Father Martin Hilbert, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, life, Roman Catholic, science, secularism, theology, universe}

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 30, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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For too long now, Catholic scholars and many of the faithful have felt compelled to align themselves with a Darwinian account of life’s origins. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 7, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metaphysics
Tagged
, algorithms, baby, David Klinghoffer, DNA, doctors, education, Evolution News, healing, health, mechanics, mechanism, medical school, medical science, medicine, patients, physicians, science, scientific atheism, soul, womb}

The Machine Model in Medicine

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 7, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Metaphysics

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The unfortunate fact is, there really are those two conflicting sides in medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen Dilley

Date
October 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, conflict myth, empirical data, empiricism, evolution, faith and science, Paul Dirac, physical world, scientific theories, scientism, secularism, Steven Weinberg, testability, truth, water}

What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

_{Stephen Dilley
October 31, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
October 29, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, An Introduction to Systems Biology, cancer, ecosystem, evolution, glycolysis, intelligent design, living systems, methodology, radio, reverse-engineering, Richard Dawkins, scientific progress, Systems Biology, systems engineering, The God Delusion, topology, Uri Alon}

Studying Biology with System Engineering Principles

_{Emily Reeves
October 29, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As a biologist, I’ve often wondered what the best way is to integrate engineering ideas in biology research. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
October 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, A Biologist’s View, Darwinism, empirical science, evidence, evolution, Evolution News, Field Museum of Natural History, Jean Rostand, Jonathan Wells, materialistic science, New York Times, The Guardian}

The Mystery of Evolution May Be Unsolvable — By Materialist Science

_{Granville Sewell
October 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Seventy years later we are still not close to explaining the origin and development of life in terms of entirely natural (unintelligent) causes. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
September 9, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Philosophy
Tagged
, animals, assisted suicide, Charles Darwin, dementia, euthanasia, future, human life, infants, persons, Peter Singer, rationality, right to life, The Death of Humanity, worldview}

The Contradiction in Peter Singer’s Worldview

_{Richard Weikart
September 9, 2024

Bioethics, Medicine, Philosophy

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He never provides any reason why rationality, self-consciousness, and the ability to plan the future have any value. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
September 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, algorithms, amino acids, Aristotle, causation, chickens, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, explanations, final cause, G.K. Chesterton, human body, intelligent design, laws of physics, life, materialism, Mereology, Mona Lisa, oncologists, purpose, purposefulness, quantum physics, science of purpose, Stephen J. Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, supernatural, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor

_{Daniel Witt
September 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, bacteria, cognition, consciousness, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, evolution, folk psychology, glaciers, human consciousness, intelligence, Massimo Pigliucci, materialists, Pandora’s box, Patricia Churchland, thought}

Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 28, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian paradigm, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Behe, molecular biology, professors, worldview}

When an Atheist Professor’s Worldview Imploded

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 28, 2024

Astronomy, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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For 25 years, John D. Wise considered Darwinian evolution the most plausible explanation for life’s origin and development. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 28, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, aboutness, angiosperms, biosphere, cell membrane, combustion, dispositionalism, intentionality, migration, ozone, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, Thomas Aquinas, transcription, Unmoved Mover}

Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 28, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›