Thomas Aquinas Type post Author Logan Paul Gage Date April 24, 2023 CategoriesBiologyFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignPhilosophyPhysics Tagged , Aristotle, atomists, Benjamin Wiker, Church Fathers, Democritus, Douglas Axe, Epicurus, evolution, God's Grandeur, intelligent design, James Sinclair, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, New Atheists, Plato, Robin Collins, Roman Catholic, Scopes Monkey Trial, Scripture, Socrates, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, William Lane Craig Understanding Design Arguments: An Introduction for Catholics Logan Paul Gage April 24, 2023 Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics 7 What ID denies is that every feature of nature is the product of natural forces all the way down. This commitment is necessarily shared by Catholics. Read More ›
Inchneumonidae Type post Author Neil Thomas Date March 6, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceLife Sciences Tagged , ancient Greeks, atomists, Baruch Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Christian de Duve, Christianity, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Erasmus Darwin, logos, magical thinking, philosophers, Simon Powell, supernatural, Thomas Malthus Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking Neil Thomas March 6, 2022 Evolution, Faith & Science, Life Sciences 4 Charles Darwin himself exemplified the Argument from Pique, alluded to in past entries in this series, to a tee. Read More ›
Baron Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) Type post Author Brian Miller Date April 16, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, atomists, bees, Charles Darwin, dinosaurs, evolution, French Revolution, Georges Cuvier, giraffe’s neck, J.B.S. Haldane, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, paleontologists, Plato, punctuated equilibrium, scientific materialism, Scott Turner, swarm, tautology, teleology, vitalism Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory Brian Miller April 16, 2021 Biology, Evolution 6 The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›
Statue of Philosophy Type post Author Brian Miller Date April 15, 2021 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhilosophy Tagged , Anaxagoras, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, atheism, atomists, body plans, Christianity, cognition, demiurge, Democritus, evolutionary theory, idealism, intelligent design, materialism, Mr. Potato Head, natural selection, Plato, purposefulness, Scott Turner, Socrates Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology Brian Miller April 15, 2021 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy 7 Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›
