Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Aristotle

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Author
Neil Thomas
Date
December 23, 2024
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Three Thousand Years of Darwinism

Neil Thomas
December 23, 2024
Evolution, Faith & Science
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I began to suspect that Darwinism was being taught at school in a somewhat philosophically decontextualized way, lacking historical background. Read More ›
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
December 17, 2024
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Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

Michael Egnor
December 17, 2024
Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 24, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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What’s the Big Deal About the Human Brain?

Denyse O’Leary
November 24, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
4
None of the features identified by neuroscientists explain why humans think about things that other animal life forms don't. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 5, 2024
Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins?

Denyse O’Leary
November 5, 2024
Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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For a really wild excursion, nothing beats efforts to explain the evolution of the human mind. Read More ›
The_Doctor
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Author
Daniel Witt
Date
September 9, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor

Daniel Witt
September 9, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics
16
To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it. Read More ›
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
August 26, 2024
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Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Jay Richards: Toppling a Myth of Human Insignificance

David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2024
Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
4
It was 19th-century materialism that needed the so-called Copernican demotion, for ideological reasons, and the historians of the time obediently invented it. Read More ›
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Author
Richard Weikart
Date
August 19, 2024
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Life Devalued: Suicide and Infanticide in Classical Antiquity

Richard Weikart
August 19, 2024
Bioethics, Medicine
13
Nick Vujicic’s story would probably have turned out quite differently if he had been born in ancient Greece or Rome. Read More ›
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Author
Daniel Witt
Date
August 15, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
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An Evolutionary Theorist Plays with Words; Let’s See How Far It Gets Him

Daniel Witt
August 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
9
Francis Heylighen’s “ontology of relational agency” starts with an interesting observation. Read More ›
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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni
Date
August 12, 2024
Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”

Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 12, 2024
Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences
5
Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski
Date
July 15, 2024
Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Building a Better Definition of Intelligent Design

William A. Dembski
July 15, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology
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Definitional change in science is par for the course: As paradigms shift because of scientific advances, textbook definitions change. Read More ›

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