Philosopher in NY Times: The Universe Has No Purpose, But We Can Pretend…

_{Michael Egnor
August 8, 2017

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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As I noted yesterday, Joseph Carter wrote a fatuous essay in which he denies purpose in the universe and does an amusing dance around the implications that follow. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
August 7, 2017

Categories
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, causality, disorder, entropy, final cause, Joseph Carter, nature, New York Times, order, purpose, teleology, University of Georgia}

Does Nature Show Purpose? Reply to a Materialist Philosopher

_{Michael Egnor
August 7, 2017

Philosophy, Physical Sciences

4}

Aristotelian teleology is, as Joseph Carter points out, manifested by order in nature. More precisely, teleology is consistency: natural processes tend to consistent ends. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 30, 2017

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, Ed Feser, existence, intelligibility, matter, potency, substance}

What Is Form?

_{Michael Egnor
July 30, 2017

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialism is an impoverished perspective on nature, and it creates, rather than solves, problems in metaphysics and science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 25, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, intelligent design, materialism, Nominalism, Platonic forms, René Descartes, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

Why Aristotle and Aquinas?

_{Michael Egnor
July 25, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science

5}

Here’s a fair question: Why do I prattle on so much about scholastic philosophy? Of what genuine relevance is it to intelligent design? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 21, 2017

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Science
Tagged
, __edited, Adam Frank, Aristotle, change, convergent evolution, David Klinghoffer, electron, form, intelligibility, materialism, matter, mind-body problem, quantum mechanics, science, Werner Heisenberg}

What Is Matter? The Aristotelian Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
July 21, 2017

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Science

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Writing here yesterday, I pointed out the problems with materialist metaphysics. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 20, 2017

Categories
Biology
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, __edited, Adam Frank, Aristotle, Cartesian dualism, David Klinghoffer, electron, materialism, neuroscience, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa}

What Is Matter? The Materialist Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
July 20, 2017

Biology, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

6}

Materialism isn’t really a metaphysical theory. It’s just a mistake. It’s a woefully inadequate understanding of nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, Claude Bernard, Darwinian theory, evolution, homeostasis, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Lawrence Henderson, Michael Denton, Michael Flannery, Purpose & Desire}

Biologist J. Scott Turner’s Rediscovery – How Darwinism Fatally Overlooks What Life Is

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

3}

Intellectual discovery is often a matter of rediscovery: reviving insights that were available before but overlooked, forgotten, or neglected. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 10, 2017

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, computation, computer science, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intentionality, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Scientific American, thought}

Of Course You Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation. Here’s Why.

_{Michael Egnor
July 10, 2017

Neuroscience & Mind

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Atheist astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the idea seriously. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2017

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Adrian Owen, Aristotle, brain, First Things, Francis Crick, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, neurosurgery, soul, Thomas Aquinas}

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor on Thomas Aquinas and “A Map of the Soul”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2017

Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Patients missing large parts of their brain tissue can lead normal lives because the material, the tissue, is not all there is to us. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
March 29, 2017

Categories
Astronomy
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, Christianity, Copernicus, Dennis Venema, evolution, Galileo Affair, Galileo Galilei, heliocentrism, science and religion, theistic evolution, Voltaire, Warfare Thesis}

Erroneously, Evolutionists Recruit the Galileo Affair to Their Service

_{Cornelius Hunter
March 29, 2017

Astronomy, Faith & Science

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Writing here the other day, I looked at a new book co-authored by theistic evolutionist Dennis Venema. Read More ›