Charles Darwin Type post Author Michael Flannery Date April 27, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsEvolution Tagged , Adrian Desmond, Alfred Russel Wallace, Applied Eugenics, Darwin Industry, Darwinian evolution, Herbert Spencer, James Moore, Jeffrey O’Connell, Michael Ruse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Richard Weikart, Robert Richards, Social Darwinism Some Additional Comments on Social Darwinism Michael Flannery April 27, 2021 Bioethics, Evolution 6 O’Connell and Ruse’s failure to engage deeply and fully with the historiography of this question makes it hard to take their effort seriously. Read More ›
flies in amber Type post Author Michael Flannery Date March 5, 2021 CategoriesArtsEvolutionFaith & ScienceHuman ExceptionalismMathematics Tagged , abstract thought, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Everett, Darwin Industry, Darwinian theory, Darwinism as religion, hedgehog, Michael Ruse, music, Noam Chomsky, On Purpose, Pirahã people, Richard Dawkins, scientific reductionism, South America, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Henry Huxley Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment Michael Flannery March 5, 2021 Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Mathematics 5 Ruse’s chronological snobbery might be forgiven if the claims he makes for Darwinism can be unequivocally substantiated. Read More ›
James Dwight Dana Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 12, 2020 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceGeology Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Charles Darwin, Darwin Industry, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theism, Encyclopedia Britannica, evolutionary theory, Geological Society of America, intelligent evolution, James Dwight Dana, Manual of Geology, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, scientific community, theistic evolution James Dwight Dana: Falsely Claimed Darwinist Michael Flannery July 12, 2020 Evolution, Faith & Science, Geology 5 When it comes to claims of the “nearly unanimous” acceptance of Darwinian evolution, mere assertion cannot stand as fact. Read More ›
