Tag: intellectual humility

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
June 20, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, academic freedom, alchemy, commitment, ether, faith, faith and science, hypocrisy, Institute for Advanced Study, intellectual humility, obedience, overconfidence, phlogiston, phrenology, Roman Catholic, sacred cows, science and religion, simplicity, Swarthmore College, theory}

Science, Faith, and Einstein

_{William A. Dembski
June 20, 2024

Faith & Science, Physical Sciences, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Einstein’s dictum about thinking for yourself therefore holds for faith as much as for science. It must come before commitment and obedience. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Epistemology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, bias, Big Bang, climate change, closed-mindedness, confirmation bias, denialism, education, epistemic virtues, Eugenie Scott, evidence, evolution, global warming, human evolution, intellectual humility, intelligent design, Julia Galef, motivated reasoning, nanotechnology, open-mindedness, polarization, popular opinion, Science Literacy, self-correcting, self-deception, Stem Cell Research, TEDx talk}

Why Science Needs a Scout Mindset: Lessons from Julia Galef

_{Jonathan McLatchie
December 4, 2023

Epistemology, Scientific Reasoning

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The soldier mindset, also known as motivated reasoning, leads us to defend the stronghold of our belief commitments against intellectual threats, come what may. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 15, 2023

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Amazon, Christianity, Dave Farina, defining science, empiricism, Energy, faith and science, history, humility, ID the Future, intellectual humility, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, logic, matter, methodological naturalism, realism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Robert Boyle, Stephen Meyer, theists, Twitter, William A. Dembski}

Defining Science, and Discussing Stephen Meyer’s God Hypothesis, on Twitter

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 15, 2023

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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"God is a hypothesis. What Dr. Meyer does is evaluate that hypothesis against the latest scientific evidence of the last century." Read More ›

Wooden Defendant Dock in Historic Courtroom Interior

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Author
John G. West

Date
November 22, 2013

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __k-review, Bernard Acworth, C.S. Lewis, common descent, Darwin Mythology, Darwin on Trial, Darwinism as religion, dogmatism, evolution, evolutionism, fallibility, hubris, inference, inferential science, intellectual humility, metaphysical naturalism, nature, paradigm shift, persistent scientific errors, Phillip E. Johnson, rhetoric, Richard Dawkins, scientism, The Magician's Twin, The Right Questions (book), undirected process, vestigial structures, Zeitgeist}

Darwin in the Dock: C.S. Lewis’s Critique of "Evolutionism"

_{John G. West
November 22, 2013

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Scientific Trustworthiness

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By highlighting the all-too-human frailties of modern science, Lewis made his most important contribution to the evolution debate. Read More ›