gecko toes Type post Date January 8, 2019 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, ants, Biomimetics, biomimicry, complexity, creativity, Darwinism, Francis Bacon, geckos, intelligent design, nature, peer review, PLOS ONE, Research, scientific revolutions Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance? Science & Culture January 8, 2019 Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design 6 A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›
golden-sunset-reflecting-on-a-breaking-ocean-wave-stockpack-992457307-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 3, 2018 CategoriesEpistemologyHistory of ScienceMetaphysics Tagged , __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment Michael Egnor October 3, 2018 Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics 8 A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 8, 2017 CategoriesBiologyNeuroscience & MindPhysical Sciences Tagged , __k-review, Aristotle, DNA, enzymes, evolution, Francis Bacon, Joseph Carter, mitochondria, myths, nature, New York Times, quantum mechanics, relativity, teleology, universe Philosopher in NY Times: The Universe Has No Purpose, But We Can Pretend… Michael Egnor August 8, 2017 Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences 5 As I noted yesterday, Joseph Carter wrote a fatuous essay in which he denies purpose in the universe and does an amusing dance around the implications that follow. Read More ›
aristotle-greek-philosopher-polymath-of-classical-period-anc-738212613-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 16, 2016 CategoriesMetaphysics Tagged , __k-review, __tedited, Cartesian dualism, Francis Bacon, hylomorphism, induction, intentionality, materialism, mind-body problem, purpose, Reductionism, René Descartes, teleology, Thomism Teleology and the Mind Michael Egnor August 16, 2016 Metaphysics 6 Perhaps the turning point in modern philosophy of science was the abandonment of teleology by Francis Bacon. Read More ›
