Tag: goal-directedness

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
October 30, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured2, agency, agency theory, Aristotle, Beyond Mechanism, bioelectricity, Biological Theory, biology, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, cellular biology, cheetah, chemical stimuli, cognitive biology, Evolution “On Purpose”, fear, goal-directedness, heart, hunger, immanent design, intelligent design, James Shapiro, kidney, libido, Little Gidding, living systems, materialistic paradigm, Michael Levin, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Pamela Lyons, Peter A. Corning, prokaryotes, science of purpose, Stuart Kauffman, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, T. S. Elliot, thirst}

Immanent Agency: It’s Evolution by Design, After All

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
October 30, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Agency theory as proposed certainly is not "magic," but it specifically invokes teleology within its operating framework. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, Animal Algorithms, birds, brain hemispheres, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian phyla, Center for Science and Culture, complex programmed behaviors, Darwin's Doubt, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, Emily Reeves, evolutionary biology, fossil explosions, function, functional information, genetics, genomics, George Montañez, goal-directedness, Günter Bechly, Homo (genus), insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan McLatchie, Kolmogorov complexity, land plants, mammals, marine invertebrates, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, Minding the Brain, molecular biology, Nature Communications, Origin of Species, paleontology, Piers Morgan, protein science, purpose, Return of the God Hypothesis, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines, split-brain surgery, Stephen Meyer, Taking Stock at 30 (series), teleology, The Design Inference, The Immortal Mind, Theistic Evolution (book), William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Explosions Persist, and Other Confirmations of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology

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From 2016 until his tragic death in 2025, Bechly made many important contributions to ID literature on the topic of fossil explosions in the history of life. Read More ›

A cheetah in full pursuit of a gazelle across the African savanna during a dust-filled chase at golden hour

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 10, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemistry, biology, Bruce Chapman, Center for Science and Culture, Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture, cosmology, Darwin's Black Box, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, goal-directedness, intelligent design, James Shapiro, John West, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, MIT Press, molecular biology, Natural Sciences, Nature (journal), neo-Darwinian paradigm, next generation, Oxford University, paleontology, physics, researchers, scientific evidence, Seattle Pacific University, Stephen Meyer, Taking Stock at 30 (series), teleology, teleonomy, Third Way of Evolution, University of Chicago}

On the 30th Anniversary of the CSC, Let’s Take Stock of Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
August 10, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Third Way and EES thinking shows that mainstream science is moving on a compass heading that is right in the direction of intelligent design. Read More ›

A close-up of a purple water droplet creating a splash in a shallow pool of purple liquid. The background is blurred, emphasizing the droplet's shape and color.

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 13, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A. N. Whitehead, active matter, agency, biomolecular condensates, biosphere, cellular biology, central dogma, cytoplasm, DNA, droplets, function, goal-directedness, Life Itself, liquid-liquid phase separations, machines, mechanism, membrane-less organelles, molecular agency, molecular biology, organelles, proteins, rigidity, RNA, science of purpose, scientific materialism, self-organization, soft matter, specified irreducible complexity, structure-function relationship, Stuart Kauffman, telos, Thomistic-Aristotelian ontology}

Studies on Active Matter: Potency into Act

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 13, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Amorphous and dynamic as they are, the LLPS droplets support numerous crucial cellular functions, devoid of a permanent scaffolding structure. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
March 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 3D spatial organization, active matter, Aristotle, biology, cargo recognition, cascades, cells, condensates, cycles, cytoplasm, Darwin's Black Box, dissipative systems, DNA transcription, droplets, electrolytes, endoplasmic reticulum, Energy, enzyme activity, function, goal-directedness, Golgi bodies, Ilya Prigogine, intentionality, intracellular landscape, living systems, lysosomes, machines, macromolecules, matter, mechanism, medical school, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular biology, molecular grammar, naturalism, neo-Darwinian evolution, nucleus, organisms, physics, Riccardo Babic, scaffolding, Science and Culture Today, science of purpose, signaling cascades, St. Thomas Aquinas, structure, TCA cycle, telos, tornadoes, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, Velcro, whirlpools}

Active Matter: How Function Determines Structure

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
March 18, 2026

Biology, Intelligent Design

8}

As always, the approach of naturalism is to reduce the complexity of natural phenomena to basic physical laws. Read More ›

Concept of biochemistry with dna molecule, Human face, DNA on dark background. Ai generated

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post

Date
March 4, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, Aristotle, Biological Theory, Brian Charlesworth, Brian Miller, careers, cognition, computer code, David B. Resnik, designer, Douglas Futuyma, Gen Z, gender issues, goal-directedness, graduate school, intelligence, intentionality, Jerry Coyne, Michael Levin, neo-Darwinians, neuroscience, Plato, Plato's Revenge, purpose, reactionaries, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, Stuart Burgess, teleology, Tufts University}

The Levin Teleology Revolution Is Here

_{Science & Culture
March 4, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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He has assembled a global community of like-minded investigators who openly advocate teleological arguments harking back to Aristotle and Plato. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, biology, cognition, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Discovery Institute Press, DNA, electric fields, ENCODE project, evolutionary theory, Forrest Mims, genome, goal-directedness, Harvard University, human genome, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, Michael Levin, minds, Perry Marshall, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, purpose, random mutations, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, Seymour Garte, Stuart Kauffman, teleonomy, Tufts University, William A. Dembski}

Plato’s Revenge: Mathematical Biologist Richard Sternberg Foresaw Major Developments in Biology

_{Brian Miller
April 21, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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A new book traces the ideas of Dr. Sternberg, who offers rigorous scientific evidence that the true control center of life lies outside DNA. Read More ›

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Date
December 12, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, Durham University, goal-directedness, Goldilocks, historians, multiverse, particles, Philip Goff, thought, universe}

Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

_{Science & Culture
December 12, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
June 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Bayes factor, Center for Science and Culture, citrate, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Dave Farina, Discovery Institute, eggs, embryos, Escherichia coli, evolution, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, James Tour, likelihood, lizards, metabolites, Michael Behe, natural processes, Rice University, Scott Minnich, The Edge of Evolution, University of Idaho}

Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity

_{Jonathan McLatchie
June 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The first exhibit is Lenski’s long-term evolution experiment, in which, after some 33,000 generations, bacterial cells evolved the ability to grow on citrate. Read More ›

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Date
February 7, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, ACLU, animal phyla, bias, Cambrian Explosion, complex specified information, Darwin's Doubt, Dover trial, evolution, Evolution News, genetic information, goal-directedness, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Jonathan Wells, Judge John Jones, Manyuan Long, Michael Behe, peer review, scientific literature, Stephen Meyer, teleology, Twitter, William A. Dembski}

ID Literature and the Great Evolutionary Firewall

_{Science & Culture
February 7, 2020

Intelligent Design

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If you’re going to engage people on the topic of intelligent design publications, don’t let them force two false assumptions on you. Read More ›