Tag: Epicureanism

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
October 5, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Asa Gray, atomism, barnacles, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwin and His Critics, David L. Hull, Duke of Argyll, Epicureanism, evolution, Fleeming Jenkin, Inkwell Press, ipse dixit, Jacob Gruber, James Barham, Lucretianism, odium antitheologicum, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Roman Catholics, Samuel Haughton, Sir Charles Lyell, St. George Jackson Mivart, Stephen Jay Gould, The Descent of Man, theists, vera causa}

A Neglected Dissenter from Darwinism: St. George Mivart

_{Neil Thomas
October 5, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Mivart’s objection to Darwinism has not gone away (although it is often studiously ignored). Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
May 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrea Roli, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, Dalton, Douglas Axe, Epicureanism, Epicurus, Evolution “On Purpose”, flukes, intelligent design, Latin, Lucretius, Michael Behe, New York City, On the Nature of Things, philosophers, predictions, Stuart Kauffman, universe, University of Bologna, worldview}

Science Versus the Oldest Anti-Intelligent-Design Argument

_{Daniel Witt
May 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Translation: Everything that exists was made not by intelligent design, but rather by the random arrangement and rearrangement of atoms. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
June 2, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, atomism, Casey Luskin, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Craig Keener, Darrel Falk, Dogs, Epicureanism, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, fossil record, Francisco Ayala, genes, genetic variations, Gerd Müller, Hugo de Vries, intelligent design, materialists, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Paul, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Royal Society, Stoics, The Blind Watchmaker}

Darrel Falk Downplays the Ramifications of the 2016 Royal Society Meeting

_{Brian Miller
June 2, 2021

Evolution

7}

The meeting exposed the reality, hidden from the public, that leading evolutionary theorists recognize that natural selection has no real creative power. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
July 2, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, “consensus science”, cosmos, Darwinian evolution, Epicureanism, faith, history, intelligent design, intervention, Isaac Newton, John Farrell, Michael Ruse, naturalism, planets, religion, science, solar system, Warfare Thesis}

Commonweal Misrepresents Isaac Newton, Intelligent Design

_{Cornelius Hunter
July 2, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

2}

Newton was arguing from science, not religion. But that doesn’t fit the Epicurean mythos that religion opposes naturalism while science confirms it. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-intellectualism, antibiotic resistance, Brigham Young University, Darwinism, Epicureanism, Evangelical Christians, evolution, evolutionists, Inherit the Wind, Jamie Jensen, Judge John E. Jones, Life Sciences, Rachel Gross, religion, science, Scopes Monkey Trial, vaccination, Warfare Thesis}

Look What They’re Teaching at Brigham Young University

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 2, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science Education

4}

In biology class, associate professor Jamie Jensen seeks to inculcate her students with Epicureanism. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 9, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, common descent, corals, debate, Discovery Institute, Epicureanism, evolution, evolutionists, Hydra, jellyfish, Laurence Moran, leafhopper, orphans, Paul Nelson, species, Texas Tech}

A Problem for Evolution Grows Worse: Brochosome Proteins Encoded By Orphan Genes

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 9, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Brochosomes are intricate, symmetric, secretory granules forming super-oily coatings on the integuments of leafhoppers. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotelianism, birds, common descent, creation, Epicureanism, evolutionary theory, frigate-bird, homology, horse, inheritance, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, monkey, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, teleology, upland goose, Why Evolution Is True}

What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Metaphysics

3}

Here are unauthorized answers to questions posed by Jerry Coyne's blog. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, common descent, Cornell University, Elliott Sober, Epicureanism, evolution, Harvard University, homology, Lewis Carroll, religion}

Two Evolutionists Inadvertently Demolish Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 20, 2018

Evolution

4}

Yesterday we saw how, in a new paper, Warren Allmon and Robert Ross reformulate the argument for evolution from homologous structures. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 15, 2017

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Aristotle, bias, creationism, Darwinists, editor, Epicureanism, fake news, Günter Bechly, ideology, intelligent design, Larry Sanger, media, paleontology, Plato, pseudoscience, reporter, self-deception, Wikipedia}

“Fake News” Isn’t a Phony Concept, as Media and Wikipedia Coverage of Intelligent Design Shows

_{David Klinghoffer
December 15, 2017

Science Reporting

4}

The interesting psychological issue here turns upon the question of whether these people are deliberately lying or not. Read More ›

Doctor listening to patient with concentration, sitting at desk in office.

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 14, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Epicureanism, evolution, health, Human Genome Project, medicine}

Evolution’s Influence Is Bad News for Your Health

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 14, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences, Medicine

4}

Darwin’s theory injected its deeply flawed science into biology, but it did not stop there. Read More ›