Philosophers Want Back into Science

_{Science and Culture
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
, __k-review, 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
, __k-review, 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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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 and 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”

_{Science and Culture
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 ›