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Michael Egnor

Date
April 7, 2020

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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
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Evolution Presupposes Intelligent Design: Case of the Coronavirus

_{Michael Egnor
April 7, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Undirected natural selection can’t lift itself by its own bootstraps — accidents can’t happen in nature except in a sea of design. Read More ›

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Mike Keas

Date
March 20, 2020

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Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, Albert Einstein, aliens, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, Bible, Christianity, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Evolution News, extraterrestrial life, Galileo Galilei, geometry, Giordano Bruno, Johannes Kepler, Judaism, National Geographic Channel, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Plato, René Descartes, Saint Augustine, Unbelievable}

The Biggest Myth So Far in Cosmos 3.0 — Baruch Spinoza as Science Hero

_{Mike Keas
March 20, 2020

Physical Sciences

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Scholarship on Spinoza in the last decade has increasingly recognized that he opposed the observational (empirical) and mathematical analyses of nature. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
January 30, 2020

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Faith & Science
Mathematics
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, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Aeon, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, atheism, Big Bang, debate, faith, First Cause, general relativity, laws of physics, logic, marijuana, natural science, natural theology, New Atheism, Peter Atkins, science, Scripture, Singularity, Thomas Aquinas, University of Oxford, William Lane Craig}

Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?

_{Michael Egnor
January 30, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics

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Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 6, 2020

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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
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, __edited, Aristotle, astrophysics, atheism, Big Bang, cosmic inflation, Darwinian evolution, Ethan Siegel, evidence, Five Ways, general relativity, heresy, inference, inferential science, information, logic, natural theology, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Ontological Argument, quantum mechanics, reason, Stephen Jay Gould, theists, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Astrophysicist Asks: Did God Create the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
January 6, 2020

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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Natural theology is the science of God’s existence, and it’s a massive trove of evidence and reason of the first order. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 22, 2019

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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
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, __edited, accident, Aristotle, atheism, causation, cellular metabolism, chance, complexity, Darwinism, deism, evolution, Fifth Way, final cause, Five Ways, intelligent design, material cause, natural science, nature, order, patterns, purpose, specification, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, watchmaker}

Aquinas’ Fifth Way: The Proof from Specification

_{Michael Egnor
October 22, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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What’s remarkable in nature is not so much that nature follows complex patterns, but that it follows any pattern at all. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
October 17, 2019

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Faith & Science
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, __edited, act, Aristotle, clouds, contingency, Five Ways, goodness, grass, images, light, mirror, nobility, ontology, Plato, potency, sky, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, trees, truth}

Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

_{Michael Egnor
October 17, 2019

Faith & Science

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It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 16, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
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, __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, Etienne Gilson, Five Ways, Jacques Maritain, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy}

Reading Suggestions for Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 16, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Our perspective is supported by a rigorous and elegant metaphysical framework, which began with Plato and particularly Aristotle. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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, __edited, Aristotle, bias, cat, Christianity, dog, essence, existence, faith, kittens, reality, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns, Venn diagram}

Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics

_{Michael Egnor
October 11, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 4, 2019

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Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, act, Aquinas.design, Aristotle, Big Bang, change, Five Ways, general relativity, law of non-contradiction, photosynthesis, potency, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas}

Aquinas’ First Way and a Stack of Books

_{Michael Egnor
October 4, 2019

Faith & Science

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Nature is like a stack of books, sessile, until moved. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, act, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Five Ways, Jerry Coyne, law of non-contradiction, mechanical philosophy, nature, potency, pre-Socratic philosophers, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Thomas Aquinas, Werner Heisenberg}

Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›