Tag: combustion

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
August 28, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Philosophy
Tagged
, aboutness, angiosperms, biosphere, breeding, cell membrane, combustion, dispositionalism, intentionality, migration, ozone, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, Thomas Aquinas, transcription, Unmoved Mover}

Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
August 28, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Philosophy

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One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 28, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atmosphere, carbon dioxide, combustion, fire, Fire-Maker series, Goldilocks, gravitational field, gravity, helium, hydrogen, intelligent design, nitrogen, oxygen, planetary design, respiration}

For Fire, Our Planet Is Just the Right Size

_{Michael Denton
July 28, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

3}

Self-evidently, the gravity on the surface of a planet limits the maximum size of large terrestrial organisms. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ambient temperatures, anaerobic bacteria, Arthur C. Clarke, atmosphere, Carboniferous Period, combustion, earth, enzymes, extremophiles, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, hemoglobin, oxygen, rivers, spontaneous combustion, swamps, water}

Why Do We Not Spontaneously Combust?

_{Michael Denton
July 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

6}

James Lovelock has pointed out that atmospheric levels of oxygen much above about 25 percent, let alone 30 percent, would cause raging conflagrations today. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 25, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, atmosphere, civilization, combustion, earth, fire, Fire-Maker series, gases, gravity, mankind, metabolism, metals, Mount Everest, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, respiration, Stone Age}

By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire

_{Michael Denton
July 25, 2020

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 23, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, ambient temperatures, Arthur Wilson, campfire, charcoal, coal, combustion, determination, Fire-Maker series, genius, inventiveness, iron, kiln, matter, metallurgy, oxygen, smelting, Stone Age, stone tools, technological advance, wood}

Combustion Is Anything but Ordinary

_{Michael Denton
July 23, 2020

Intelligent Design

5}

The combustion of wood or coal may seem so familiar as to be unworthy of any comment. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
August 4, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __tedited, atmospheric gases, combustion, comparative anatomy, environmental conditions, environmental fitness, fire, fire use, Fire-Maker, fire-making, fitness of nature, human development, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, lightning, planetary design, preconditions, prior fitness, scientific discovery, society, technological advancement}

A Reasonable, but Incomplete, Account of How Humans Mastered Fire

_{Michael Denton
August 4, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology

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The coincidences are so extraordinary that the inference to design is surely worthy of serious consideration. Read More ›