Tag: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 12, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, butterfly, Chelsea Flower Show, Christianity, eliminative materialism, fine-tuning, First Cause, France, Garden of Eden, God the Science the Evidence, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Hercule Poirot, Kathleen Stock, Liz Truss, materialism, Michael Egnor, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Olivier Bonnassies, philosophers, Roman Catholic Church, Sunday Times, The Spiritual Brain, UnHerd, universes}

Why Can’t We Just Go Back to Unprovable Faith?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 12, 2025

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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Kathleen Stock’s witty effort to blunt the force of the evidence presented in that new French book raises a stark question. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 6, 2024

Categories
Epistemology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Discovery Institute, Doug Monroe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, materialism, morality, podcast, Praxis Circle, relativism, Stephen Meyer, theism, worldview}

Stephen Meyer: Scientific Arguments for a Theistic Worldview

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2024

Epistemology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Are there strong scientific arguments for theism? Is there such a thing as objective morality? Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
July 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Applied Optics, calculus, Euclid, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Oberlin College, Peter Biles, plagiarism, telegraph}

Is Mathematics Discovered or Invented?

_{Robert J. Marks II
July 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Some think that math is invented. Evidence, though, points towards its discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 1, 2022

Categories
Culture
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, atheism, Augustinian Proof, Big Bang, Edward Feser, eternity, God Hypothesis, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, infinity, Jerry Coyne, numbers, omnipotence, Plato, Platonic forms, solar system, St. Augustine, sun, theism, universals}

Mathematics and the God Hypothesis

_{Michael Egnor
August 1, 2022

Culture, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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There is a classical proof of God’s existence that uses universal concepts such as mathematics, proposed most prominently by St. Augustine. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns}

Essence and Existence in Modern Science

_{Michael Egnor
October 12, 2019

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
March 7, 2019

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin’s God, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, homoplasy, Isaac Newton, modus tollens, mutations, nested hierarchy, religion, science, special creation, suboptimality, theism, theology, utilitarianism, vestigial structures}

Claim: Evolution Proves Molinism, and Molinism Proves Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
March 7, 2019

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science

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Unfortunately, religion has infected science and the result is bad religion and bad science. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
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 Enlightenment, scientific revolution, scientists, secular humanism, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›