Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophyScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, closed-mindedness, complex specified information, inference to the best explanation, origin of information, philosophy of science, proofs, scientific reasoning To Practice Science, We Must Philosophize Sarah Chaffee September 1, 2016 Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning 6 "Heisenberg would have never done quantum mechanics without being full of philosophy." Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thinking, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human nature, meaning, purposefulness, qualia, signals, speech, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Why Does Man Have Language? Michael Egnor September 1, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 31, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, behaviorism, communication, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human language, immaterial mind, language, language organ, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, universals, words Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution Michael Egnor August 31, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 6 I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett's claim. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 30, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, human language, linguists, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble David Klinghoffer August 30, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology 8 Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 27, 2016 CategoriesCosmologyPhysical Sciences Tagged , __tedited, discovery, fine-tuning, planetary habitability In 2017, Watch a Spectacular Display of Intelligent Design Sarah Chaffee August 27, 2016 Cosmology, Physical Sciences 5 David Dickinson highlights next year's total eclipse. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 25, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, dehumanization, discrimination, human life, infanticide, meaninglessness, pro-life, quality of life When "Quality of Life" Means "Not Worthy of Life" Wesley J. Smith August 25, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 There is a fight going on in the UK about whether to keep a seriously ill baby on life support or put her in palliative care to die. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 25, 2016 CategoriesScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, James Shapiro, natural genetic engineering, panpsychism, supernatural, Third Way of Evolution From The Stranger, Seattle’s Alternative Paper, an Odd but Welcome Embrace of Evolution’s “Third Way” David Klinghoffer August 25, 2016 Science Reporting 3 Probably when Darwinism falls, it will be like this. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 22, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, animal husbandry, animal rights, animal welfare, fish, human exceptionalism, popular media The War on Fishing Wesley J. Smith August 22, 2016 Bioethics 3 When the usual suspects advocate destroying a trillion dollar industry, it is one thing. But when an outdoors magazine sympathizes? Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 21, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, choice, determinism, free will, human behavior, Jerry Coyne, moral responsibility, purpose Can a Determinist Change the World? Michael Egnor August 21, 2016 Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 3 G.K. Chesterton told an amusing story of a young man who wrote to him extolling the truth of solipsism. Read More ›
Type post Author Sarah Chaffee Date August 20, 2016 CategoriesFaith & ScienceScience Education Tagged , __tedited, "teach the controversy", “consensus science”, anti-science, censorship, conflict myth, faith and science, science education, scientism, suppressed evidence Students, Scientism, and Straw Men Sarah Chaffee August 20, 2016 Faith & Science, Science Education 4 If Barbara King really believes science is about continuous corrections and questions, she should be friendlier to teaching about the evolution controversy. Read More ›
