Tag: humanism

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Turing, Albert Einstein, An Idol for Destruction (series), Aristotle, artificial general intelligence, Calliope, ChatGPT, computer science, creativity, Henri Poincaré, humanism, humans, information, large language models, music, organisms, quantum indeterminacy, radio, Unmoved Mover, worldview}

Artificial General Intelligence: The Oracle Problem

_{William A. Dembski
February 6, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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Our most advanced artificial intelligence systems, which I’m writing about in this series, require input of external information to keep them from collapsing. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 31, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer science, COSM, Dataism, Harvard University Press, human nature, humanism, Latin, Reductionism, Renaissance, Sam Altman, Substack, The Atlantic, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, Wired, Yuval Harari}

Can Everything Be Reduced to Data?

_{Peter Biles
August 31, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

"Dataism is at odds with human flourishing. It’s difficult to find a Renaissance moment in this ruinous reductionism." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 30, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Church of England, Darwinism, Douglas Murray, evolutionary theory, faith, humanism, ID the Future, Jonathan Witt, Neil Thomas, New New Atheists, Old New Atheists, Taking Leave of Darwin, theism}

Darwin Skeptic Neil Thomas Call Himself “A Christian with a Small ‘C’”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 30, 2021

Evolution, Faith & Science

2}

At the end of a discussion of evolutionary theory’s “crypto-animism” and more, Thomas protests the Church of England’s 2008 apology to Charles Darwin. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 10, 2017

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Philosophy
Tagged
, __nedited, anti-humanism, Charles Darwin, Darwin's Corrosive Idea, Darwinism, Freudianism, humanism, ideas have consequences, intellectual history, Karl Marx, Marxism, materialism, Sigmund Freud}

Darwin, Marx, and Freud: The Genealogy of “Posthumanism”

_{David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2017

Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Philosophy

2}

Exactly how posthumanism cashes out in contemporary cultural terms is the subject of a detailed study with new polling data by John G. West. Read More ›

Man Sharing Sandwich with Curious Squirrel in Tranquil Park Scene

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 10, 2017

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __nedited, animal experiments, animal rights, ethical pluralism, human responsibilities, humanism, metaethics, moral duties, New York Times, pluralism, posthumanism}

Now It’s “Posthumanist Ethical Pluralism”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 10, 2017

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism

5}

If human life doesn't have the highest ultimate objective value, there is no way to philosophically defend universal human rights. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
May 8, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Tagged
, __nedited, Alain de Botton, Alexis de Tocqueville, atheism, Darwinism, Darwinism as religion, endowed by our creator, endowed by their creator, evolutionary ethics, God, human rights, humanism, materialism, metaethics, Michael Ruse, myth of neutrality, presuppositions, Richard Rorty, scientism, self-organization theory, skepticism, spirituality, theism}

For Its Moral Ideals, Evolutionary Materialism “Freeloads” from Christianity

_{Nancy Pearcey
May 8, 2015

Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Psychology

11}

A few years ago, a Mass was composed titled "Missa Charles Darwin" (Missa means Mass), with the texts from Scripture having been replaced by excerpts from Darwin's writings. Read More ›

Writing set with a pen in the Middle Ages

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 31, 2011

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, __edited, book reviews, Charles Thaxton, conflict myth, Cornelius Hunter, creationism, defining science, Galileo Galilei, humanism, medieval Church, Medieval science, Myth of the Dark Ages, Nancy Pearcey, natural philosophy, science and religion, scientism, The Soul of Science}

New Book Sheds Light on the “Dark Age”: The Religion vs. Science Myth Exposed

_{Michael Flannery
May 31, 2011

Faith & Science, History of Science

7}

The alleged "ignorance" of the medieval Church whose cherished dogmas included the belief in a flat earth, geocentric theory of the universe, and a hidebound biblical literalism is all challenged with insight and skill by this Oxford/Cambridge graduate and PhD in the history of science. Read More ›