Tag: argument from ignorance

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Author
Larry Sanger

Date
December 23, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Albert Einstein, argument from ignorance, benevolence, Big Bang, Christianity, complexity, constants, David Hume, designer, faith, intelligent design, logos, matter, natural laws, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, universe, William Lane Craig}

No. 10 Story for 2025: Wikipedia Co-Founder on Arguments for God

_{Larry Sanger
December 23, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science Stephen Meyer, who presented versions of the cosmological argument and the fine-tuning argument. Read More ›

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Author
Larry Sanger

Date
February 11, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Albert Einstein, argument from ignorance, benevolence, Big Bang, Christianity, complexity, constants, David Hume, designer, faith, intelligent design, logos, matter, natural laws, philosophers, Stephen Meyer, universe, William Lane Craig}

Re-Examining the Arguments for the Existence of God

_{Larry Sanger
February 11, 2025

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Technology

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I was impressed by a lecture by philosopher of science and well-known apologist Stephen Meyer. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, argument from ignorance, Daniel Witt, Darwinian processes, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, organisms, podcast, vital force, vitalism}

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Vitalism is the age-old idea that living things possess a vital force — some fundamental element that generally does not exist in non-life. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, blacks, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Huffington Post, intelligent design, Jacques Monod, James Barham, James Shapiro, Peter Corning, Racism, University of Chicago, vital force, vitalism}

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?

_{Daniel Witt
May 21, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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For proponents of ID, there is a natural temptation to respond to this sort of explanation with derision. I suspect this reaction may be short-sighted. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
February 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Alpha Centauri, argument from ignorance, atheism, biological information, complex life, consciousness, David Klinghoffer, Frank Turek, honesty, human consciousness, intelligent causes, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, moral choice, natural laws, natural theology, naturalism, philosophers, Richard Swinburne, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, theism, Twitter, Victor Reppert}

Atheist Philosopher Explains Why Intelligent Design Is Not a “God of the Gaps” Argument

_{Jonathan McLatchie
February 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Despite our many disagreements, I sincerely appreciate Lowder’s spirit and intellectual honesty. I hope the next generation of secular thinkers follow his lead. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, cause, cells, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Kindle, libraries, logic, logical fallacy, Return of the God Hypothesis, specified information, Stephen Meyer}

Fundamentals Friday: The Logic of Intelligent Design

_{Emily Sandico
November 3, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Stephen Meyer and other proponents of intelligent design theory are often accused of committing the "God of the gaps” fallacy. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abiogenesis, argument from ignorance, artificial intelligence, biases, ChatGPT, chemical evolution, comets, complexity, cosmic fine-tuning, early Earth, higher intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, meteorites, methodological naturalism, multiverse, natural selection, Occam's Razor, panpsychism, panspermia, physical constants, physical laws, primordial soup, self-organization, testability, thermodynamics}

Chatting with ChatGPT about Intelligent Design and the Origin of Life

_{William A. Dembski
September 20, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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This study raises the interesting question of the interplay between trained biases in ChatGPT and the ability to coax this AI to transcend those biases. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 12, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, convergence, creationists, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian mechanism, Dave Farina, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Galápagos Islands, genetic information, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macroevolution, Martin Nowak, Michael Behe, microevolution, mutations, peer-reviewed journals, Professor Dave, speciation, Stephen Meyer, waiting-time problem, young people, YouTubers}

“Crazy Stuff”? Dave Farina on the Waiting Time Problem

_{Günter Bechly
December 12, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The formulation “crazy stuff” of course implicitly suggests that this is a pseudo-problem invented by evil and stupid creationists. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", argument from ignorance, BioLogos Foundation, Brown University, Charles Marshall, CSI, Denis Lamoureux, evolution, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Kenneth Miller, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, paleontologists, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), UC Berkeley, University of Alberta}

Using the Positive Case for Intelligent Design to Answer Common Objections to ID

_{Casey Luskin
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As for the “God of the gaps” charge, the basic objection is that ID is an argument from ignorance, based upon what we don’t know. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, argument from ignorance, brains, Center for Science and Culture, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, events, ID the Future, intelligent design, minds, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, universe, Zoom}

ID as an “Argument from Ignorance”? And Other Questions for Stephen Meyer

_{Science & Culture
June 2, 2021

Intelligent Design

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He also answers another objection, namely that our uniform experience with designing minds is that minds are embodied in material brains. Read More ›