001WildGoldenEagleandMajinghornPfyn-FingesPhotobyGi Type post Author Giuseppe Sermonti Date November 30, 2025 CategoriesBiologyReproductive Science Tagged , asymmetry, autonomy, biology, cell division, chromosomes, cytoplasm, eagle, ectoplasm, eggs, embryo, fertilization, Hans Driesch, icons, induction, morphogenesis, physicists, spatial organization, thread From an Eagle’s Egg, an Eagle, and Other Mysteries Giuseppe Sermonti November 30, 2025 Biology, Reproductive Science 9 Pavel Florenskij, a Russian physicist and theologian (1882-1937), imagined a field on the surfaces of icons that portray sacred images. Read More ›
Platos-Revenge Type post Author Daniel Witt Date May 14, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent DesignPhilosophy of Science Tagged , algorithms, Andreas Wagner, Aristotle, biology, C.H. Waddington, Casey Luskin, creationists, demiurge, Denis Noble, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, evolutionary biology, Günter Bechly, Hans Driesch, Harvard University, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Michael Levin, microbes, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonism, René Descartes, René Thom, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design, theoretical biology, Tufts University, University of Zurich, vitalism Eavesdropping in the Platonic Academy Daniel Witt May 14, 2025 Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science 10 I can relate to the paleontologist Günter Bechly, who, after hearing Sternberg lay out his thesis, lay awake unable to sleep as he considered the implications. Read More ›