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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, __cedited, __image, atmosphere, blind chance, earth, fire, intelligent design, light, materialism, Michael Denton, oxygen, photosynthesis, planetary design, Privileged Species, sun, universe, water}

Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design

_{David Klinghoffer
October 9, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 6, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Planetology
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, __cedited, "poor design", agnosticism, astronaut, BBC, Brian Miller, earth, education, evolution, intelligent design, materialism, Quartz, S. Joshua Swamidass, science, The Guardian, United Kingdom, universe}

The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 6, 2018

Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design. Read More ›

Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
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, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 29, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __cedited, artificial intelligence, books, brain, brain function, Discovery Institute, eyes, hands, human beings, insults, Jeffrey Shallit, learning, legs, lungs, machines, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Neural Networks, organs, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?

_{David Klinghoffer
September 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 28, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __cedited, "God of the gaps", "poor design", body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Marshall, Denis Lamoureux, development, embryology, engineers, evolution, fossil record, information, intelligent design, lens, materialism, theistic evolution}

Denis Lamoureux on the God-of-the-Gaps Fallacy

_{Brian Miller
September 28, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The universe is like a musical instrument that was designed to interact with its designer. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 10, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
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, __cedited, “nones”, Alfred Russel Wallace, Christianity, creation, evolution, faith, history, human origins, intelligent design, Judaism, materialism, Orthodox Jews, Pew Research Center}

On Rosh Hashanah, a Note on Origins and Evidence

_{David Klinghoffer
September 10, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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The origin and nature of man should be important to any thoughtful human being, of any religion or none. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
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, __cedited, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision}

Darwin’s Rhapsody

_{Paul Nelson
August 30, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics

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“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, antibiotic resistance, atheism, BIO-Complexity, bioengineering, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, pesticides, Philip Skell, Richard Lewontin, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

_{Jonathan Witt
August 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›

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Date
July 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
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, __cedited, bioengineering, book reviews, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, faith, Finland, Helsinki University of Technology, Heretic, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, life, materialism, Matti Leisola, Mind Matters, non-life, salvo, Terrell Clemmons, third rail}

Review: Heretic Takes Aim at Science’s Third Rail

_{Science & Culture
July 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design

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“Well, we can’t touch the third rail, so the question becomes, How can we safely get past it?” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, atheism, Catholicism and Evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, hylomorphism, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, materialism, Phillip E. Johnson, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Richard Lewontin, Roman Catholic, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Werner Heisenberg}

A Superb New Website: Introducing Aquinas.Design

_{Michael Egnor
July 27, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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There is an ongoing debate about intelligent design in the Thomist system. Read More ›