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Are Methodological Naturalism and Philosophical Naturalism the Same? A Dissent

In a previous post, I argued that methodological naturalism is a reasonable and neutral working principle limiting everyday science to natural causes. Read More ›
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Bill Nye Insults the World: “Creationists” Have “Small Brains”

Nye is big on praising diversity. But when it comes to a diversity of viewpoints on evolution, the façade of broadmindedness drops. Read More ›

Lawyer, Scientist, or Animal? Choosing Between Evolution and Human Reason

Darwinism undercuts human reason. That's bad news for science. Read More ›
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So Where Does the Conflict (with Alvin Plantinga) Really Lie?

I belabor the semantic point concerning "Darwinism" because the Darwinian enterprise includes a methodological exclusion of design and notoriously equivocates on words such as "evolution," "random," and even "design." Read More ›
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On Signature in the Cell, a Rabbi Does an Admirable Job of Explaining Things to Geneticist Robert Saunders

Rabbi Averick has occasionally crossed swords with fellow Chicagoan Jerry Coyne — he seems to get under Coyne's skin. Read More ›
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What Textbooks Say about the “Randomness” at the Heart of Darwinian Theory

Plantinga has decided that modern evolution is whatever he chooses to make it by citing his favored sources. Read More ›
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What’s in a Word? “Randomness” in Darwinism and the Scientific Theory of Evolution

This is the third in a series of reviews of Alvin Plantinga's important new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies. Read More ›

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