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Photo: Jerry Fodor, by Pealco [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help

A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt. Read More ›
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Best Books of the Year — Discovery Institute Takes Honors in World Magazine’s “Origins” Category

The year's top “best” book is Tom Bethell’s Darwin’s House of Cards (Discovery Institute Press). Read More ›
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Photo: E. coli, by Erbe, digital colorization by Christopher Pooley, both of USDA, ARS, EMU. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

Purpose and Desire Meets Jerry Coyne: The Evolution of Homeostasis?

Consider one of the simplest kinds of homeostasis — just one part of the regulation of sugar metabolism in E coli. Read More ›
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Under Materialism, No Meaning to Life — and No Life, Either

Biologist Scott Turner’s spot-on phrase, the “Reverse Pinocchio,” captures the idea well. Read More ›
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In Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner Argues that Cognition Is Foundational to Life

The evidence of purpose and design permeate life at every level, and this evidence presents ever increasing challenges to all theories of undirected evolution. Read More ›
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Biologist Scott Turner’s Purpose and Desire, In His Own Words

If Turner is right, the clockwork, mechanistic, DNA-centric model may have met its match. Read More ›
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Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is 

Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism. Read More ›
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Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times

A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything. Read More ›
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In Purpose & Desire, Out Today, Scott Turner Explores Biology’s Second Law

As Turner says, homeostasis is an exceedingly strange idea. Yet without homeostasis there is no life. Read More ›
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Scott Turner on Biology’s Hobson’s Choice – Time Running Out on Pre-publication Deal!

"The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all." Read More ›

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