Tag: Massimo Pigliucci

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 27, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Altenberg 16, evolution, Gerd Müller, Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis? (tribute series), James Shapiro, London, Massimo Pigliucci, neo-Darwinian theory, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Royal Society, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Vienna}

Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

_{Jonathan Wells
September 27, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2024

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, bacteria, cognition, consciousness, Edward Feser, eliminative materialism, evolution, folk psychology, glaciers, human consciousness, intelligence, Massimo Pigliucci, materialists, Pandora’s box, Patricia Churchland, thought}

Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2024

Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, “consensus science”, chatbots, Gary Smith, junk science, large language models, Massimo Pigliucci, p-hacking, pseudoscience, science, settled science}

Three Genuine Tells of Junk Science

_{Science & Culture
July 17, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution, Scientific Trustworthiness

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This comes to us hard on the heels of philosopher Massimo Pigliucci’s effort to identify “pseudoscience.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 2, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, astrology, atheism, Christof Koch, creationism, David Chalmers, evidence, intelligent design, Massimo Pigliucci, philosophers, pseudoscience, Skeptical Inquirer, UFOs}

What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 2, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Darwinism, David Klinghoffer, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, Jerry Coyne, Karl Giberson, Massimo Pigliucci, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Robert Wright, University of Chicago, Why Evolution Is True}

Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2019

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, adenosine triphosphate, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Casey Luskin, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Corvette, cysteine, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, Immanuel Kant, kinesin, laptop computer, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, molecular machines, National Academy of Sciences, Phillip E. Johnson, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, Tim Berra}

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

_{Jonathan Wells
June 13, 2018

Intelligent Design

8}

René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 7, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam Frank, Barry Arrington, Darwinism, Donald Hoffman, George Ellis, Jason Rosenhouse, Karl Popper, Massimo Pigliucci, Michael Keas, multiverse, Natalie Wolchover, Sabine Hossenfelder, unicorns}

Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2017

Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

10}

They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
August 10, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, echolocation, evolution, glycans, Massimo Pigliucci, National Association of Biology Teachers, photoreceptors, proteins, ribosomes, RNA, Theodosius Dobzhansky}

National Association of Biology Teachers Versus the Ribosome

_{Cornelius Hunter
August 10, 2017

Evolution

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Theodosius Dobzhansky famously wrote in 1973 that “Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 6, 2014

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Icons of Evolution, Massimo Pigliucci, science}

A Solid 10: Concluding My Review of Massimo Pigliucci’s Treatment of Jonathan Wells’s Icons of Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
June 6, 2014

Evolution, Philosophy

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Pigliucci closes by acknowledging "the abysmal state of the textbook publishing industry." Read More ›