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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 14, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, actuality, atheism, cosmological arguments, First Cause, Five Ways, gunpowder, laws of nature, logic, nature, nuclear fusion, potentiality, Prime Mover, proofs, Thomas Aquinas}

Irrefutable, Impeccable, Inescapable: Aquinas’ Second Way

_{Michael Egnor
October 14, 2019

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Every grain of sand is a link in an essential causal chain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns}

Essence and Existence in Modern Science

_{Michael Egnor
October 12, 2019

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›

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Date
May 17, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, cobalt, Darwinists, Dickinsonia, evolution, Illustra Media, logic, materialists, math, nickel, Origin, Second Law of Thermodynamics, snowball Earth, vitalism, volcanic rocks, zinc}

Darwinism as Pantheism or Vitalism

_{Science and Culture
May 17, 2019

Evolution, Philosophy

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That evolutionary scientists are materialists seems to be belied by the way some of them write. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
January 23, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, biologists, C.S. Lewis, conservatives, Criticism, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, evolution, intelligent design, invisible, James A. Shapiro, Jerry Coyne, John Milton, Kevin Williamson, logic, National Review, poetry, T.S. Eliot}

On Intelligent Design, Do Your Own Homework. Make Up Your Own Mind.

_{Michael Behe
January 23, 2019

Evolution

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C.S. Lewis encountered an objection to his literary criticism analogous to Kevin Williamson’s and explored its underlying logic. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, altruism, beauty, bees, California, crucifix, E.O. Wilson, Garden of Eden, goodness, group selection, J.P. Moreland, kin selection, logic, materialism, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, natural selection, neo-Darwinian processes, Neo-Darwinism, Paris, population genetics, prejudice, transcendentals, truth}

The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Ann Gauger
January 2, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 23, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A Universe from Nothing, Aquinas and Evolution, Dennis Prager, DNA, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, Genesis, groupthink, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Lawrence Krauss, logic, methodological naturalism, mutations, natural selection, quantum physics, radio, Rosetta Stone, Royal Society, science, scientific method, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

#10 of Our Top Stories of 2018: How Meyer Turned Prager Around on Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
December 23, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

7}

Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 10, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, bureaucracy, Canada, diabetes, euthanasia, humans, Journal of Medical Ethics, logic, MAiD, medical aid in dying, Oregon, protective guidelines, Quebec, self-starving}

Euthanasia Is Becoming First Resort in Quebec

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 10, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Over time, euthanasia practice becomes a banal bureaucratic matter of checking the right boxes or finding ways to maneuver around the “protective guidelines.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, A Universe from Nothing, Aquinas and Evolution, Dennis Prager, DNA, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, Genesis, groupthink, intelligent design, John Zmirak, Lawrence Krauss, logic, methodological naturalism, mutations, natural selection, quantum physics, radio, Rosetta Stone, Royal Society, science, scientific method, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution}

Dennis Prager on Evolution: Stephen Meyer Turned Me Around

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2018

Cosmology, Evolution

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Oh, it’s very difficult to concede that you were mistaken about something. Especially, I would say, for males. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
February 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotelianism, cells, convergence, evolutionary theory, ions, logic, mutations, nerve cells, potassium, Royal Society, sodium, sodium channels, sodium-potassium pump, teleology, voltage}

This Didn’t Evolve a Few Mutations at a Time

_{Cornelius Hunter
February 22, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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Let’s have a look at an example: nerve cells and their action potential signals. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 31, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, brain, Brandeis University, geometry, incompleteness theorem, intentionality, Kurt Gödel, law of non-contradiction, logic, mind, naturalism, propositions, Pythagorean Theorem, qualia}

Naturalism and Self-Refutation

_{Michael Egnor
January 31, 2018

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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How much does Gödel’s incompleteness theorem weigh? What is the physics of non-contradiction? How many millimeters long is Tom Clark’s argument for naturalism? Read More ›