cat-paws-with-claws-on-white-background-stockpack-adobe-stoc-250663393-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date November 17, 2025 CategoriesEngineeringIntelligent Design Tagged , Aristotelianism, Aristotle, artifacts, artwork, axes, biology, cats' claws, causality, chairs, conveyances, cups, DNA, dwellings, E.O. Wilson, emergence, enzymes, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, final causality, Francis Bacon, human artifacts, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Jacques Monod, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonard Susskind, Life Itself, Ludwig Wittgenstein, machines, mechanics, Michael Behe, Neo-Darwinism, purpose, randomness-selection hypothesis, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, rockets, science of purpose, Sir Martin Rees, spoons, St. Thomas Aquinas, Stephen Hawking, structure-function relationship, telos, Theodosius Dobzhansky, tools, William Dembski, windmills What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms? Stephen J. Iacoboni November 17, 2025 Engineering, Intelligent Design 9 The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›
Daniel-Dennett Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date January 22, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , Aeon, atheism, chairs, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, folk psychology, humans, Jerry Fodor, Monash University, philosophers, What Darwin Got Wrong Daniel Dennett: The Final Prophet? Denyse O’Leary January 22, 2025 Evolution, Faith & Science 6 Dennett’s approach to human consciousness has not only borne no fruit but it is hard to see how it ever could. Read More ›
Erika1 Type post Author Emily Reeves Date August 5, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , chairs, creationists, cytoskeleton, design constraint, diet, ecological niches, Erika, evolution, genes, Gutsick Gibbon, intelligent design, lifestyle, locomotion, memory, metabolism, migration, p-value, phylogenetics, selection, separate ancestry, splicing, synapomorphy, tinkering, transport, universal common ancestor, YouTube videos Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic” Emily Reeves August 5, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design 14 On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›