071_Wild_marmot_at_Grand_Muveran_Nature_Reserve_Photo_by_Giles_Laurent Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date August 28, 2024 CategoriesIntelligent DesignLife SciencesPhilosophy 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 6 One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano. Read More ›
Trees_in_ICM_on_Myrstigen_hiking_trail,_Brastad_2 Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date August 12, 2024 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Carl Woese, causation, cells, Chance and Necessity, David Hume, dispositionalism, Evolution News, final cause, intentionality, Isaac Newton, Jacques Monod, Michael Behe, organelle, powers ontology, purpose, René Descartes, science of purpose, telos, The Design Inference, Walter Elsasser, William A. Dembski Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology” Stephen J. Iacoboni August 12, 2024 Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 5 Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate. Read More ›
bacterial flagellum Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date May 15, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , bacterial flagellum, birds, causality, diabetes, differential equations, dispositionalism, hemoglobin, high blood pressure, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, materialistic science, medicine, Michael Behe, migration, nature, navigation, opium, powers, powers ontology, realism, science of purpose, scientific inquiry, solar radiation, Thomas Aquinas, UV light, water Powers Ontology: Overcoming the Limits of Reductionist Materialism Stephen J. Iacoboni May 15, 2024 Evolution, Intelligent Design 7 Reductionism is a method for understanding something by minimizing it to a very simple level that can be restricted to abstract language. Read More ›
