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Daniel Dennett

Charles Darwin

Religion, Science, and Evolution: Confessions of a Darwinian Skeptic

As I read through the scientific literature of evolutionary biology to try and convince myself of its accuracy and coherence, I was struck by the frequency with which I encountered “religious” language. Read More ›
Gertrude Himmelfarb

Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb, Brutally Honest Historian of the “Darwinian Revolution”

Written in 1959, her monumental book, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, continues to tower over Whiggish studies on the subject. Read More ›
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Thanksgiving Day, 1859 — Guess What Happened?

The “fake news” about evolution is no joke. Through the media, in schools and colleges, it shapes our culture and erodes the noblest ideas of humankind’s place in the cosmos. Read More ›
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Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screen shot).

Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne

The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason. Read More ›
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How Does a Religious Studies Professor Become a Darwinian Skeptic?

The perpetuation of Darwinian ideology comes at the cost of truly grappling with the profound nature of the question of biological origins. Read More ›
Jay Richards

Jay Richards: The Many Dilemmas of Materialism

When you go off to an elite college today, you’re expected to think about the most important questions as if it were true that only material things exist. Read More ›
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Image: Detail from The School of Athens, by Raphael [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. 

Philosophers Want Back into Science

One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›
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Photo: Xenopus laevis, by Brian Gratwicke [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond

Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance. Read More ›
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Image: A "flying frog," illustration from The Malay Archipelago, by Alfred Russel Wallace, via Wikimedia Commons.

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution. Read More ›
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J. Scott Turner
Image: Claude Bernard and his students, via Wikicommons.

Listen: Turner, Meyer, and Bernard’s Dangerous Idea

“There is intelligence that underlies the evolutionary process. You cannot explain it without that.” Read More ›

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