Tag: abstraction

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 3, 2024

Categories
Environment & Climate
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstraction, animals, archaeologists, capuchin monkeys, chimpanzees, crows, debris, dolphins, hands, Harvard University, life forms, Michael Haslam, monkeys, octopuses, Oxford University, sea urchins, tools}

War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 3, 2024

Environment & Climate, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
January 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, A Meaningful World, abstraction, Benjamin Wiker, cosmos, culture, earth, evolution, genius, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, Islam, Jesus Christ, Jonathan Witt, materialism, media, nature, Pope Benedict XVI, reality, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic, theology, unreason}

Pope Benedict on Intelligent Design and the Dangers of Darwinian Materialism

_{Bruce Chapman
January 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

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“We are not some casual and meaningless product of evolution,” he said. “Each of us is the result of a thought of God.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, abstraction, crying, Dogs, emotions, joy, pain, pets, Research, Scientific Reports, Smithsonian Magazine, tears, The Scientist}

Study: Dogs Cry for Joy as Well as Pain

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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That shouldn’t really be too surprising because the fact that humans and dogs can share emotions is part of what forms bonds between us. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abstraction, American Scientific Affiliation, Brian Miller, complex specified information, David Klinghoffer, evolution, fire, Francis Crick, genetic code, information, intelligence, intelligent design, James D. Watson, Randy Isaac, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Is Information in DNA “Abstract”? Physicist Randy Isaac Responds

_{David Klinghoffer
December 2, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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"How can we determine whether a 10-digit number is a random number or a specified telephone number to call your mother?" Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 19, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abstraction, American Scientific Affiliation, Brian Miller, Christianity, DNA, English, Francis Crick, information, intelligent design, nucleotide bases, Randy Isaac, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley}

Meyer, Isaac: Is Information in DNA “Abstract”?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 19, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The American Scientific Affiliation is an association of Christian scientists who are not on the whole supportive of scientific arguments for ID. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, abstraction, animals, apes, emotion, humans, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, perception, reality, spirituality}

Egnor: A Couple of Problems with Ape “Spirituality”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The wish to demote, punish, and degrade ourselves this way, a neurosis special to our modern culture, is itself, ironically, a tribute to human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, abstraction, Amsterdam, documentary, eugenics, First Baptist Church, Germany, Human Zoos, John West, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Day, Nazis, New York City, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Texas}

What Anne Frank and Ota Benga Have in Common

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2019

Bioethics, Evolution

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Cruelty and injustice can seem an abstraction, committed against faceless people. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 10, 2017

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, abstraction, brain, Cartesian dualism, craniopagus twins, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, images, knowledge, Krista Hogan, learning, materialism, memory, mind, perception, square root, Tatiana Hogan, thomas, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic dualism, V.J. Torley}

The Craniopagus Twins and Thomistic Dualism

_{Michael Egnor
December 10, 2017

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Krista and Tatiana Hogan provide a remarkable opportunity to deepen our understanding of the human mind. Read More ›