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Darwin’s Doubts: A Scientist Betrayed by His Own Followers

I will argue that employing Darwin in this way is false twice over: First, it is not what Darwin made himself out to be. Read More ›
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New Book: Darwinism as “The God That Failed”

There is hope for renewal in a flanking movement against materialism — the spiritually charged philosophy of nature in the poetry of William Wordsworth. Read More ›
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Nature in the Image of Man: Introducing the New Social Darwinism 

Always, the initial social/intellectual change has come first, and the scientific paradigm shift has followed after. Read More ›
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Existentialist Science: Darwin as Proto-Absurdist

The existentialist story might arguably start with Charles Darwin and his conception of the chance evolution of life. Read More ›
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Only Thick Darwinism Served Here

Want your Darwinism thick or thin? Sorry; if these four scientists argue correctly, you only get the thick slice with some rather unsavory seasonings mixed in. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Totalitarian Dystopias and the God Hypothesis

The insight is timely, given the two-year anniversary of lockdowns that we’ve recently observed. Read More ›
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Richard Lewontin (1929-2021), Mensch

As I stood by the lab doorway, Lewontin — who was sitting right down front — looked back towards the door and caught my eye. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Restoration of Story

Celebrating the growing evidence of intelligent design can help rescue the arts from the nihilism and ugliness they have descended into in many quarters. Read More ›
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Darwinism and Critical Theory — The Connection

"Strange that it may seem, Darwin plays a central role in this drama. Karl Marx himself credited Darwin with much of his basic insight into human history." Read More ›
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Against the Tide: The Darkening Intellectual Scene

"Once you lose the kind of stabilizing influence of rational thought and respect," says John Lennox, "then you can end up with violence, as we have seen." Read More ›

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