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Photo: Bust of Alfred Russel Wallace, Wallace Garden, National Botanic Garden of Wales, by Elliott Brown, via Flickr (cropped).

New Book Offers History as an Antidote to the Paralyzing “Science-Denier” Label

Whether the subject is evolution or climate change, the purpose of accusing someone of “science-denial” is to keep that person in line. Read More ›
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Photo: Ariel toucan (Ramphastos ariel), by Ana Cotta [CC BY 2.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

Discovering Alfred Russel Wallace

For those who wish to caricature the theory of intelligent design, Wallace becomes a very inconvenient historical figure. Read More ›
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Image: A "flying frog," illustration from The Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace, via Wikimedia Commons.

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution. Read More ›
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Photo credit: ddouk, via Flickr. 

For This Physicist, “Overthrowing” Darwinism Is on the Table

ID is a rival theory, a scientific theory, doing the normal work that scientific ideas must do to supplant a currently dominant idea. Read More ›
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Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin? Read More ›
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Image: Alfred Russel Wallace, by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered

Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology. Read More ›
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Image: The Waltz (sculpture), by Camille Claudel [GFDL, CC BY-SA 4.0 or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›
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Photo: Golden trevally accompany a giant grouper in the Georgia Aquarium. By Diliff [GFDL, CC-BY-SA-3.0or CC BY 2.5 ], from Wikimedia Commons.

Who Was Ludwig von Bertalanffy and Why Does He Matter?

Bertalanffy’s systems-based approach continued under George Klir, and is carried on today by Dr. Richard Sternberg, who studied under Klir. Read More ›
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Alfred Russel Wallace — New Biography Is a Defeater for Arguments for Theistic Evolution

Wallace broke with Darwin and became, arguably, the founding father of modern intelligent design theory. Read More ›
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Photo: Allegorical depictions of Astronomy and Sculpture, incorporated in spandrels, Bela Pratt, Library of Congress Building, c. 1896, by Carptrash [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons.

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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