Tag: Francis Bacon

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 17, 2025

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, artifacts, artwork, axes, biology, cats' claws, causality, chairs, conveyances, cups, DNA, dwellings, E.O. Wilson, emergence, enzymes, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, final causality, Francis Bacon, human artifacts, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Jacques Monod, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonard Susskind, Life Itself, Ludwig Wittgenstein, machines, mechanics, Michael Behe, Neo-Darwinism, purpose, randomness-selection hypothesis, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, rockets, science of purpose, Sir Martin Rees, spoons, St. Thomas Aquinas, Stephen Hawking, structure-function relationship, telos, Theodosius Dobzhansky, tools, William Dembski, windmills}

What Is the Originating Source of Design in Organisms?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 17, 2025

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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The genesis of structure-function relationships in human artifacts is as well understood as are their mechanics. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 25, 2025

Categories
History of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, agnosticism, Alfred Russel Wallace, Anselm, Anselm of Canterbury, atheism, Basil Willey, Brights, C. S. Lewis, causality, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Christian Bandea, Daniel Dennett, Deborah Lavin, deism, Discovery Institute Press, Down House, ectoplasm, Edward Aveling, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, False Messiah, Francis Bacon, ineffable, Jacques Monod, Karl Marx, Lamarckism, Lawrence Krauss, Leslie Stephen, Lisbon earthquake, logomachia, Louise Mabille, Marcus du Sautoy, Meister Eckhart, Moses Maimonides, natural selection, negative theology, New Atheists, Newtonianism, Noam Chomsky, Peter Vorzimmer, philosophy, phlogiston, Plato, problem of pain, Pyrrho, quantum physics, Robin Le Poidevin, Sextus Empiricus, Sigmund Freud, skepticism, Steve Taylor, The above consideration, Thomas Aquinas, truth, tsunami, Unmoved Mover, via negativa, Virginia, Werner Heisenberg, wortelos, wortlos}

Enlightened No More: Darwin as Prefiguration of Postmodern Man

_{Neil Thomas
August 25, 2025

History of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Whether we like it or not, Erasmus Darwin’s simple and predictable world is no more, and we now find ourselves subject to a profoundly mysterious cosmos. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, consciousness, faith and science, Francis Bacon, James Webb Space Telescope, Marcelo Gleiser, paradigm shift, science, Thomas Kuhn}

Can Science Escape Faith-Based Beliefs? Maybe It Needs Them!

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 17, 2023

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

6}

"There is no way to venture into the unknown without this guiding light, and that light comes from a source that is not completely known." Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
June 6, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, beauty, C.S. Lewis, earth, Francis Bacon, frequency, grass, intelligent design, light, nature, reflection, sky, sun, sunlight, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Washington State, water, waterfall, wavelength, winter}

Design in the Beauty of Water and Light

_{Eric Hedin
June 6, 2023

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

6}

I remember well, one particularly cold winter, seeing Snoqualmie Falls in Washington State completely frozen throughout its 268-foot drop. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, analgesic, Aristotle, arthritis, body, causation, chirality, documentary, efficient cause, final cause, formal cause, Francis Bacon, free will, individuation, Johns Hopkins University, libertarian free will, material cause, matter, mind, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, sculptor, sculpture, Sean Carroll, statue, trailer}

Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

_{Michael Egnor
March 6, 2023

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chloroplasts, Current Biology, David Wolpert, evolution, Francis Bacon, Heidelberg University, heterochromatin, information flow, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, jumping genes, junk DNA, kinesin, mechanical philosophy, Nobel Prize, open reading frame, Prime Mover, proteins, Ribosome, Robert Boyle, robotics, Rockefeller University, Salk Institute, Santa Fe Institute, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

_{David Coppedge
May 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

11}

We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›

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Date
January 31, 2022

Categories
Astronomy
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, alchemy, Ancient Near East, astrology, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, ID the Future, Johannes Kepler, John Bloom, Judeo-Christian tradition, Nicolaus Copernicus, podcast, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

John Bloom on the Match that Lit the Scientific Revolution

_{Science and Culture
January 31, 2022

Astronomy, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Babylonians and Greeks contributed some discoveries and insights that would eventually play into the rise of science. Read More ›

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Date
February 12, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, beehive, bioRxiv, E. coli, enzymes, Francis Bacon, honey, honeybees, hydrogen peroxide, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Moringa oleifera, pain, Smithsonian Magazine, sugar, UC Davis, University of Zurich, viscosity}

Put Some of This on That Wound, Honey

_{Science and Culture
February 12, 2021

Intelligent Design

7}

The antiseptic properties of natural honey are getting more attention as antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2020

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, carbon, consciousness, Discovery Institute, fitness, Francis Bacon, intelligent design, life, mankind, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, mind, nature, organs, The Fitness of Nature for Mankind, The Miracle of the Cell}

Michael Denton Identifies TWO Intelligent Designs in the Universe

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2020

Biology, Chemistry, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics

3}

“The whole world works together in the service of man,” as Francis Bacon wrote. Denton revives this ancient insight with modern rigor. Read More ›

Best Job Candidate, Interview Preparation, Detail shots of someone polishing shoes

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Date
April 22, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __edited, arXiv, bioRxiv, C.S. Lewis, Christian Reflections, consciousness, Cornell University, economics, evolution, evolutionary anthropology, Francis Bacon, high school, history, integrity, intelligent design, J.P. Moreland, Janet Browne, Jay Richards, journals, laymen, March for Science, morality, Nature (journal), pandemic, peer review, PLOS Biology, Politicians, predatory journals, Science Advances, scientific method, scientism, scientists, Stephen Meyer, universe, World War II, X Club}

How to Restore Science’s Lost Luster

_{Science and Culture
April 22, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Scientific Trustworthiness

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More and more, the scientific establishment looks like a special interest group with biases of their own. Read More ›