Tag: James Croft

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 16, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, background knowledge, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Miller, evolution, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, James Tour, knowledge, Mars, monolith, Moon, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

Croft, Continued: I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 16, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Philosopher James Croft happens to think that absent background knowledge, “Aliens!” would be a weakly justified hypothesis. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 13, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, aliens, background knowledge, car break-in, debate, Fran Lebowitz, inference to the best explanation, James Croft, motives, philosophers, reductio ad absurdum, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Substack, William A. Dembski}

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 13, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Charles Lyell, earthquakes, evolution, First Cause, floods, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, James Croft, mind, naturalism, omnipotence, Prime Mover, programming, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, uniformitarianism}

Meyer vs. Croft: Vying for the Lyellian Mantle

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 9, 2021

Biology, Faith & Science, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Stephen Meyer has aligned himself in spirit with the geologist Charles Lyell, who explained geological features “by reference to causes now in operation." Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 6, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, car break-in, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, Fran Lebowitz, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, Michael Scriven, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack}

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 6, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Allison Hopper, alt-right, Arizona, atheism, bedtime story, Big Bang, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Dan Falk, Darwinism, earth, Elizabeth Whatley, evolution, fiction, Human Zoos, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Croft, John West, Kirk Durston, meaning, multiverse, purpose, Racism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Scientific American, scientific evidence, Stephen Meyer, Steven Weinberg, Thomas Nagel, universe}

From Scientific American, Another Bedtime Story for Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The upshot of the best modern biology and cosmology can be epitomized by changing just one word in physicist Steven Weinberg’s famous comment. Read More ›

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Author
Elizabeth Whately

Date
August 2, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, Bayesian reasoning, computer code, David Berlinski, David Glass, deductive proof, God Hypothesis, inference to the best explanation, intelligent agency, intelligent design, James Croft, likelihood ratio, philosophers, probability, probability bound, Return of the God Hypothesis, St. Louis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, syllogism, Unbelievable, universal probability bound, William A. Dembski}

Stephen Meyer, James Croft: Philosophers Battle Over the God Hypothesis

_{Elizabeth Whately
August 2, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Philosophy

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Croft ultimately had the worse of the argument on substance, as I intend to show over several forthcoming posts. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 21, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Tagged
, agnostics, apologetics, atheism, Ben Shapiro, Brian Keating, Charles Murray, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, civilization, Darwinian theory, Dennis Prager, Douglas Murray, James Croft, Jews, John West, Jordan Peterson, Judaism, Justin Brierley, Michael Medved, Michael Shermer, New Atheists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, Orthodox Jews, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Scruton, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Unbelievable, William Lane Craig}

Meet the New New Atheists, Not Like the Old New Atheists

_{David Klinghoffer
July 21, 2021

Faith & Science

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These atheists are finding the “Darwinian tower” less to their liking, and are laying down their bow and arrow. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Debating Darwin's Doubt, England, information, James Croft, mind-body dualism, minds, naturalism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer}

A Philosopher Takes on Meyer’s God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
June 22, 2021

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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What was missing until now is a weighing of the philosophical side of Dr. Meyer's argument, on which much depends. Read More ›