Tag: Henri Bergson

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Author
Thomas E. Woodward

Date
January 19, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, appendix, atoms, C.S. Lewis, Creative Evolution, Darwinism, faith and science, George Wald, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Life-Force, Mere Christianity, mind, Mind and Cosmos, monotheism, morality, panpsychism, philosophers, religion, super-intellect, Thomas Nagel, universe, Wald-Nagelanity}

C. S. Lewis on “Creative Evolution,” or the “Life-Force”

_{Thomas E. Woodward
January 19, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science

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"The Life-Force is a sort of tame God. You can switch it on when you want, but it will not bother you." Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACLU, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arthur Holly Compton, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, materialism, schools, University of Chicago}

Scopes: Same Debate, Different World

_{Daniel Witt
August 12, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Understandably, the Scopes trial is often viewed through the lens of current debates surrounding evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Martin Hilbert

Date
April 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Discovery Institute Press, England, evolution, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Henri Bergson, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, neologisms, noosphere, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Robert Shedinger, Roman Catholic, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology}

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

_{Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
April 10, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, History of Science

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No doubt, Teilhard had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brown University, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, evolution, faith, Henri Bergson, Holy Spirit, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, Kenneth Miller, Mere Christianity, Nobel Prize, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, theistic evolution}

C. S. Lewis and Theistic Evolution

_{John G. West
October 28, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

Biological development is either the result of an unintelligent material process or a process guided by a mind, aka intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
October 25, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Creative Evolution, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, eyes, Henri Bergson, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, natural selection, New Atheists, Richard Dawkins, The Magician's Twin, William Paley}

Why C. S. Lewis Doubted the Creative Power of Natural Selection

_{John G. West
October 25, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Lewis first read Bergson in France during World War I while recovering from shrapnel wounds from the front-lines, and the experience on Lewis was profound. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 7, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, evolution, evolutionary biology, Galileo Galilei, Genetics (journal), George Bernard Shaw, George Eliot, heliocentric model, Henri Bergson, Herbert Spencer, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Cairns, Karl Marx, Max Delbrück, Nicolaus Copernicus, Peter Bowler, Ptolemaic system, randomness, religion, Sigmund Freud, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Kuhn}

The Triumphalism of Strickberger’s Evolution

_{Robert Shedinger
July 7, 2020

Evolution, Science Education

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The oversimplification here is staggering (Darwin and women’s rights?!) and would take an entire book to unpack. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
April 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Doubt, Discovery Institute, education, Establishment Clause, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Michael Behe, natural genetic engineering, public education, Royal Society, Rutgers University, Science Education Policy, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, University of Chicago}

Rutgers University Law Journal Advocates “Intelligence-Based Alternatives” to Darwinism

_{Sarah Chaffee
April 16, 2019

Evolution, Science Education

3}

May a teacher let students know what evolutionary biologists had to say about their own field at the November 2016 Royal Society meeting? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 16, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, common ancestry, Darwinism, faith, Henri Bergson, ID the Future, John West, motivated reasoning, natural selection, Nobel Prize, podcast, Scott Adams, The Magician's Twin}

Only Religionists Doubt Darwin? The Case of C.S. Lewis

_{David Klinghoffer
December 16, 2018

Faith & Science

2}

If this were true, it would cast suspicion on the skeptics who, so goes this line of insinuation, are motivated by their passion to believe. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Ernst Mayr, evolution, Harvard University, Henri Bergson, idealism, John Elof Boodin, loss-of-function mutations, Michael Behe, paleontology, pantheism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, Stephen Hawking, William James}

Who Was John Elof Boodin and Why Does He Matter?

_{Michael Flannery
July 27, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Boodin’s view that science and metaphysics could mutually inform one another was full of promise. Read More ›