Tag: antiquity

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2025

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, antiquity, brain, Christof Koch, Christopher Hitchens, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, eliminative materialism, evolutionary psychology, Four Horsemen, free will, human consciousness, human mind, Jonny Thomson, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgeons, philosophers, promissory materialism, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, technology, The Immortal Mind}

Reassessing Daniel Dennett on Consciousness as an Illusion

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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It is a waste of time to pretend that consciousness is simply an “amazing collection of almost mundane tricks in the brain.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 9, 2025

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antiquity, atomism, biologists, chaos, Charles Darwin, Chronicles Magazine, City Hall, culture, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Democritus, Eric Metaxas, information, John Zmirak, logos, Los Angeles, madness, materialism, mathematicians, meaning, personal finance, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Seattle, theism, values, West Coast}

Cultural Chaos Has Long Roots, Millennia Before Darwin

_{David Klinghoffer
June 9, 2025

Culture, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As I’m writing this, some rioters have gathered (literally) across the street from our Seattle office, on their way to a “protest” at City Hall. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 31, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Africa, animal behavior, anthropology, antiquity, BBC News, Bronze Age, chimpanzees, Côte D’Ivoire, dehumanization, England, Homo sapiens, human mind, humans, Ice Age, Merlin, monkeys, polar bears, Stone Age, stone tools, Stonehenge, tools, vultures}

Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 31, 2025

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology, Science Reporting

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Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Read More ›

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Author
Melissa Cain Travis

Date
June 5, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
History of Science
Mathematics
Tagged
, antiquity, Aristotelianism, celestial bodies, curriculum, DiscoveryU, geocentrism, material world, philosophers, Plato, Ptolemaic system, Pythagoras, rationality, scientific revolution}

Let’s Explore How Cosmology Influenced Christianity

_{Melissa Cain Travis
June 5, 2023

Astronomy, Faith & Science, History of Science, Mathematics

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Many centuries prior to the rise of modern science, the philosophers of antiquity recognized the inherent rationality of the natural word. Read More ›

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Author
Melissa Cain Travis

Date
May 9, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, antiquity, Christianity, Darwinism, DiscoveryU, evolution, Galileo Affair, human origins, intelligent design, materialistic philosophy, progressive creationism, Science and Faith in Dialogue, Scopes Monkey Trial, theistic evolution, theology, Warfare Thesis, Young Earth Creationism, Zoom}

Coming Soon to DiscoveryU: Live Courses on Science and Christianity

_{Melissa Cain Travis
May 9, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The pilot course, Science and Christianity I: A Historical Exploration, begins on July 10 and will be the first in a three-part module taught by yours truly. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, antiquity, archetype, Christianity, copy, harmony, human mind, image, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, natural philosophy, Natural Sciences, nature, philosophers, reality, scientific revolution, scientists, theism, theologians, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Zoom}

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

_{Science and Culture
April 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, antiquity, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, atomism, Charles Darwin, Copernican Revolution, evolution, Francisco Ayala, Hippocrates, intelligent design, Lucretius, materialism, Modern Synthesis, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, Plato, population genetics, Romans, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology}

Engineering Principles Explain Biological Systems Better than Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 9, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Hippocrates proposed in the late 5th or early 4th century BC a model for heredity and adaptation that Charles Darwin described as nearly identical to his own. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 16, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, antiquity, Aristotle, atomism, Cambridge University, Darwinism, David Brown, David Hume, Enlightenment, evolution, fideism, Gospels, Headlong Hall, Judeo-Christian tradition, Meister Eckhart, Mendelian genetics, Middle Ages, New Testament, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Phillip E. Johnson, Richard Dawkins, Rudolf Otto, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Love Peacock, Victorians}

On Darwinism and the Abdication of Reason

_{Neil Thomas
June 16, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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It is a pity that Darwin’s homeland no longer boasts a satirist of the caliber of Thomas Love Peacock to exploit this rich seam of comic absurdity. Read More ›

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Date
March 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, antiquity, California State University Stanislaus, Center for Science and Culture, culture, Darwinism, eugenics, euthanasia, From Darwin to Hitler, history, Hitler’s Religion, ideology, Judeo-Christian culture, physician-assisted suicide, Ratio Christi, Richard Weikart, sanctity of life, science, video}

Weikart: “History and the Euthanasia Problem”

_{Science and Culture
March 3, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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It’s not possible to understand current controversies about physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, eugenics, and related subjects without appreciating the long history behind these ideas. Read More ›