Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

Authors

Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
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Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Joseph Carter

Infinity Room
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post
Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 22, 2017
Categories
Cosmology
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
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The Multiverse Is Science’s Assisted Suicide

Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2017
Cosmology, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences
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Cosmologists sense the problem and strive to rescue their multiverse from the nagging demands for evidence. Read More ›
sunflower
nature
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post
Author
Michael Egnor
Date
August 9, 2017
Categories
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature?

Michael Egnor
August 9, 2017
Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
5
Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken. Read More ›
moon rise
universe
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post
Author
Michael Egnor
Date
August 8, 2017
Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
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Philosopher in NY Times: The Universe Has No Purpose, But We Can Pretend…

Michael Egnor
August 8, 2017
Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences
5
As I noted yesterday, Joseph Carter wrote a fatuous essay in which he denies purpose in the universe and does an amusing dance around the implications that follow. Read More ›
fall leaves
Photo credit: National Park Service.
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post
Author
Michael Egnor
Date
August 7, 2017
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Philosophy
Physical Sciences
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Does Nature Show Purpose? Reply to a Materialist Philosopher

Michael Egnor
August 7, 2017
Philosophy, Physical Sciences
4
Aristotelian teleology is, as Joseph Carter points out, manifested by order in nature. More precisely, teleology is consistency: natural processes tend to consistent ends. Read More ›

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