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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
September 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, animism, Charles Darwin, Enlightenment, evolution, James Le Fanu, materialistic science, natural selection, natural theology, Neo-Darwinism, On the Origin of Species, philosophers, Richard Dawkins, Samuel Wilberforce, selfish genes, Zeus}

The Miracle Worker: How Darwinism Dishonors the Enlightenment

_{Neil Thomas
September 13, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

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If the reigning materialist paradigm had even a tolerably convincing weight of evidence behind it, I would be the first to accept it. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
September 10, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Cornelius Hunter, Darwin’s God, Edinburgh, evolutionary theory, Janet Browne, John Murray, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, neo-Darwinian synthesis, positivism, theology}

Devil’s Chaplain: Evolution as a “Theological Research Program”

_{Michael Flannery
September 10, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

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This stands the standard historiography and received wisdom concerning the development of modern evolutionary theory on its head. Read More ›

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Date
September 5, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Disney, England, evolutionary theory, HMS Beagle, Indiana Jones, intelligent evolution, Janet Browne, Labor Day, Michael Flannery, middle class, Robert McCormick, Samuel Stevens}

For Labor Day Weekend: Alfred Russel Wallace, Scientist and Working Man

_{Science & Culture
September 5, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While you are putting away all your white clothing until next summer, take a moment to consider the impact of labor on the development of evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 14, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, culture, Darwinian theory, gender, history, James Moore, morality, prejudices, Racism, Richard Owen, The College Fix, The Descent of Man, University of Sheffield, women}

Charles Darwin: Racist Spokesman for Anglo-Male Superiority?

_{Michael Flannery
July 14, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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The University of Sheffield’s teaching and research handbook has declared Charles Darwin a “racist.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, African Americans, Africans, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allison Hopper, Amsterdam, Bible, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, death penalty, eugenics, evolution, fake news, Final Solution, Fox News, Francis Galton, genocide, human dignity, Human Zoos, intelligent design, John West, New York Post, Politics, Racism, Scientific American, The Descent of Man, white supremacy}

On Evolution and Racism, Scientific American Goes to War Against the Truth

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2021

Evolution

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Given evolution’s racist baggage, you might think the theory’s proponents would be somewhat abashed to accuse the critics of Darwin of “white supremacy.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 3, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Carl Woese, Charles Darwin, eukaryotic cells, Freeman Dyson, Jerry Coyne, Linnean Society, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, prokaryotic cells, Reductionism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen}

When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete

_{Michael Flannery
May 3, 2021

Evolution

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The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Auschwitz, Charles Darwin, Charles Sanders Peirce, Darwinism, eugenics, Francis Galton, Fred Hoyle, Hitler’s Ethic, intelligent evolution, Jeffrey O’Connell, Joseph Hooker, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, Nazis, Richard Owen, Social Darwinism, spiritualism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, William James}

Social Darwinism: The Wallace Factor

_{Michael Flannery
April 28, 2021

Evolution

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Ideas do indeed have consequences, but not all ideas play out the same way or weave their way in the history of ideas toward the same destination. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 27, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwinian evolution, Herbert Spencer, James Moore, Jeffrey O’Connell, Michael Ruse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Weikart, Robert Richards, Social Darwinism}

Some Additional Comments on Social Darwinism

_{Michael Flannery
April 27, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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O’Connell and Ruse’s failure to engage deeply and fully with the historiography of this question makes it hard to take their effort seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, atomists, bees, Charles Darwin, dinosaurs, evolution, French Revolution, Georges Cuvier, giraffe’s neck, J.B.S. Haldane, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, paleontologists, Plato, punctuated equilibrium, scientific materialism, Scott Turner, tautology, teleology, vitalism}

Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 16, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, anti-evolution, biologists, Darwinism, evolution, intelligent design, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, theistic evolution}

Another Problem with the “Anti-Evolution” Label

_{Michael Flannery
March 27, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The so-called “anti-evolution” charge against intelligent design is what sparked my initial interest in Alfred Russel Wallace some years ago. Read More ›