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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
October 26, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, Arthur Balfour, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Columbus, evolution, Gifford lectures, J.B.S. Haldane, knowledge, Miracles (book), natural selection, naturalism, Oxford University, Plato, The Most Reluctant Convert, Victor Reppert}

C. S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason

_{Jay W. Richards
October 26, 2021

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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Naturalists, like everyone else, generally trust their reason to lead them to truth. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 5, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, apes, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Declaration of Independence, gorilla, human origins, humans, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, John Keats, Judeo-Christian tradition, Justin Brierley, materialism, Miracles (book), neo-Darwinian theory, Noam Chomsky, Patricia Churchland, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Unbelievable, William Graham, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens — Back to the Guy Who Lost His Faith Over Harari

_{Casey Luskin
August 5, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics

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Podcaster Sam Davis told Justin Brierley that what did it for him was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s idea that “humanity is a weaver of stories.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
June 10, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, complex specified information, computer program, Darwinian evolution, eyes, information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lydia McGrew, mind, minds, philosophers, purpose, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer}

Recognizing Design by a “Purposeful Arrangement of Parts”

_{Michael Behe
June 10, 2021

Intelligent Design

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A correspondent asked about “specified complexity” and the intelligent design of the eye. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 23, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Against the Tide, Alvin Plantinga, atheism, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, Christianity, Discovery Institute, England, faith, john lennox, naturalism, Northern Ireland, Oxford University, rationality, science, science fiction, Stephen Meyer, That Hideous Strength, Thomas Nagel}

Against the Tide: Oxford’s John Lennox Describes Kinship with C. S. Lewis

_{David Klinghoffer
October 23, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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"I owe him an immense amount because although he wasn’t a scientist, he understood science. He understood the implications and the philosophy of science." Read More ›

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Date
March 10, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, augustine, Baruch Spinoza, Book of Nature, Brian Miller, Carl Sagan, Christianity, coevolution, coronavirus, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, DNA, Fox Broadcasting Company, James Tour, Jews, mind, National Geographic Channel, naturalism, Neil deGrasse Tyson, public education, Signature in the Cell, synagogue}

Cosmos 3.0 Revisits Themes of the Past, with Familiar Historical Mythmaking

_{Science & Culture
March 10, 2020

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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At a couple of points in episode 1, Neil deGrasse Tyson employs the “Book of Nature” metaphor, but he never gives its proper historical context. It’s actually a Christian concept. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
February 19, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Alvin Plantinga, biologists, Boston Review, Charles Darwin, chloroquine, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, designer, function, genes, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, John McDonald, lungs, Michael Behe, Mount Rushmore, mouse, mousetrap, philosophers, Purdue University, The Design Inference, The Edge of Evolution, Where the Conflict Really Lies, William A. Dembski}

Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper

_{Michael Behe
February 19, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Recently I was asked by several people whether I had ever responded to an old review of my book Darwin’s Black Box. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns}

Essence and Existence in Modern Science

_{Michael Egnor
October 12, 2019

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, Alvin Plantinga, calculations, cellular metabolism, coincidence, Darwinian theory, DNA, enzymes, evolutionary biology, functional coherence, Hans Vodder, hummingbird, intelligent design, mutations, natural selection, organisms, probability, Undeniable (book), Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Undeniable Intuitions and Unbelievable Coincidences

_{Douglas Axe
May 2, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Any appeal to accidental processes to accomplish an unbelievable coincidence is really just an appeal to unbelievable coincidence. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
May 5, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Alvin Plantinga, Barbara Forrest, Isaac Newton, methodological naturalism, Paul Nelson, philosophical naturalism, Pierre Duhem, science, William A. Dembski}

Are Methodological Naturalism and Philosophical Naturalism the Same? A Dissent

_{Walter Myers III
May 5, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science

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In a previous post, I argued that methodological naturalism is a reasonable and neutral working principle limiting everyday science to natural causes. Read More ›