Tag: definist fallacy

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 7, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, argument in the alternative, attorneys, biology, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwinian evolution, defining id, defining science, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, evidence, evidence for id, evolution, geologists, historical sciences, ID research program, intelligent design, lawyers, natural world, non-science, peer-reviewed literature, predictive-success, Research, science, scientific method, testability}

The Divide Between Science and Non-Science

_{David Klinghoffer
July 7, 2025

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The most commonly heard charge against ID is that it “isn’t science” and therefore can’t even be evaluated as a scientific alternative to Darwinian evolution. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, atheists, biology, causation, Danni Askini, definist fallacy, disguised religion, doctors, dogmatism, faith and science, medication, methodological naturalism, natural, npr, preferred pronouns, reality, religion, religious language, religious terms, Seattle, supernatural, surgery, theistic evolutionists, trans identity, transgenderism}

More on Disguised Religion

_{David Klinghoffer
July 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science

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Not in science or in any other context does one faith get to impose its terms on others. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 26, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, American Astronomical Society, Biophysical Society, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Darwinism, defining id, defining science, defining terms, definist fallacy, Enlightenment, evolution, fear mongering, gravity, Harvey Lodish, intelligent design, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), Isaac Newton, materialism, Modern Age, Myth of the Dark Ages, naturalism, Nature (journal), peer review, pseudoscience, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Walther Nernst}

Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

_{Jonathan Wells
September 26, 2024

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›

Terabytes of binary code data flying in a stream of information. Wavy field of coded blockchains. Neural network, points and numbers 3D illustration

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, Charles Lyell, defining science, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, Design Inference, intelligence, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, miracles, mutations, natural selection, peer review, positive case for design, predictions, scientific method, testability}

More on How We Can Know Intelligent Design Is Science

_{Casey Luskin
November 28, 2012

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Philosophers of science have long debated the precise definition of science. Read More ›

Book pile, blank booklist and cup of coffee

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 27, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, defining id, defining science, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, experimental science, hypothesis, positive case for design, primer, readings, scientific method}

Why Intelligent Design Is Science: A Reading List

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2012

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Philosophy of Science

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The scientific method is commonly described as a four-step process involving observations, hypothesis, experiments, and conclusion. Read More ›

Business Team Brainstorming Over Documents in Office

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, creationism, David Hull, definist fallacy, double standard, Evolution Sunday, exclusion, ID research program, intelligent design, Joshua Rosenau, Judge Jones, misinformation, no true Scotsman, peer review, peer-reviewed, science, scientific method, special pleading, Stephen Meyer, testability, theistic evolution}

As the Intelligent Design Movement Publishes Peer-Reviewed Literature, Critics Backpedal

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2012

Intelligent Design

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Though Judge Jones's findings were false when he made them in 2005, many have used his ruling as an excuse to perpetuate these false criticisms of ID. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
February 15, 2010

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, causation, Church Fathers, counterflow, definist fallacy, Del Ratzsch, design detection, evidence for id, exoplanets, explanatory filter, extra-terrestrial intelligence, eye, foresight, intervention, Irreducible Complexity, methodological pluralism, Michael Behe, miracles, natural laws, natural processes, positive case for design, Roman Catholicism, secondary causation, straw man, teleology, theism, theistic evolution, theology}

How to Completely Misunderstand Intelligent Design: A Response to Stephen Barr

_{Jay W. Richards
February 15, 2010

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Catholic physicist Stephen Barr is a constitutionally uncharitable critic of ID. It's not clear that he has even read the books that he criticizes. Read More ›

Shattered chemistry flask. Chemistry concept. Scientific experiment

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2005

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, Albert Einstein, appeal to authority, Charles Krauthammer, common descent, Darwinism as religion, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, Ed Babinski, editorials, epicycles, falsifiability, falsification, intelligent selection, Kansas, Karl Popper, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Larry Laudan, Popperian falsification, positive case for design, rhetoric, Sigmund Freud, straw man, systematics, teleology, theology, theory, undirected evolution, unfalsifiable, Washington Post}

Don’t Bash it ‘Til You’ve Tried It: A response to Krauthammer and Kriegel

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2005

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Science Reporting

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Anti-ID editorials by Charles Krauthammer and Uriah Kriegel misunderstand science and offer poor critiques of intelligent design. Read More ›