oak tree Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 22, 2019 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMetaphysics Tagged , __edited, accident, acorn, Aristotle, atheism, causation, cellular metabolism, chance, complexity, Darwinism, deism, efficient cause, evolution, Fifth Way, final cause, Five Ways, formal cause, intelligent design, material cause, natural science, nature, oak tree, order, patterns, purpose, specification, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, watchmaker Aquinas’ Fifth Way: The Proof from Specification Michael Egnor October 22, 2019 Faith & Science, Metaphysics 10 What’s remarkable in nature is not so much that nature follows complex patterns, but that it follows any pattern at all. Read More ›
Universal Darwinism Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 5, 2019 CategoriesBiologyCosmologyEvolutionPhysics Tagged , __k-review, atheism, biological adaptation, disorder, entropy, evolution, Fifth Way, form, ignorance, information, knowledge, medicine, metaphor, mind, neuroscience, quantum physics, Scrabble, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Universal Darwinism On Universal Darwinism Michael Egnor April 5, 2019 Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Physics 5 Universal Darwinism is the belief that Darwin’s theory can be applied fruitfully to many scientific disciplines, not just to biology. Read More ›
information Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 30, 2017 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Albert Einstein, Big Think, Fifth Way, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, Santa Fe Institute, scientific revolution, Shannon information, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, William A. Dembski Is Information the Basis for the Universe? Michael Egnor August 30, 2017 Intelligent Design 7 Information, understood as formal and final cause, is what makes nature real. Read More ›
sunflower Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 9, 2017 CategoriesFaith & ScienceLife SciencesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, bacteria, Fifth Way, Homo habilis, intentionality, Joseph Carter, mind, myths, nature, New York Times, purpose, Sean Carroll, Summa Theologica, teleology, Thomas Aquinas How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature? Michael Egnor August 9, 2017 Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken. Read More ›
