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Date
April 11, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, aesthetics, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Elliott Sober, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Karl Popper, materialists, methodological naturalism, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Nature (journal), Phillip E. Johnson, philosophers, PNAS, science, selection, Summer Seminars, theory of mind, Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Nagel, William Whewell}

Philosophers Want Back into Science

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April 11, 2019

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 14, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, animal breeding, architect, beauty, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, evolution, intelligent evolution, Jerry Fodor, Joseph Hooker, Man’s Place in the Universe, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Sarawak Law, sexual selection, teleology, teleonomy, The World of Life, William Paley, William Whewell}

For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology

_{Michael Flannery
August 14, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In an excerpt from his new book, Professor Flannery identifies Darwin's principal failing in developing his theory. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __cedited, anti-science, Cinderella, consciousness, GUT, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, James Tour, Jerry Fodor, John Searle, Karl Popper, modernity, NASA, naturalism, Plato, post-modernism, Sabine Hossenfelder, trolls, UFOs, Wikipedia}

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

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 20, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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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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post

Date
December 12, 2011

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Ken Miller, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, Richard Dawkins, vertebrate eye, Victor Davis Hanson}

A New Article in Salvo Magazine Rebuts Objections that the Vertebrate Eye is Poorly Designed

_{Science & Culture
December 12, 2011

Intelligent Design

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Dawkins argues that even if the design works, it would "offend any tidy-minded engineer." Yet the overall design of the eye actually optimizes visual acuity. Read More ›

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Date
December 9, 2011

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwin, evolution, Jerry Fodor, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, Victor Davis Hanson}

Natural Selection as “Piano Tuning”

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December 9, 2011

Evolution

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"Organisms will change ever so slightly in order to stay the same and, thus, survive in their particular niche or environment." Read More ›