Tag: materialism | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 26, 2025

Categories
Culture
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwinian materialism, evolution, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, heroism, intelligent design, Marvel Cinematic Universe, materialism, materialists, naturalists, Origin of Species, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific atheism, Stephen Meyer, universe}

From Fantastic Four to First Causes: Why Science Has Eclipsed Darwin

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 26, 2025

Culture, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Scientific materialism continues to have a strong hold on our culture today, as does the atheism that it fuels. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, biology, Canada, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary biologists, human biology, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Nature (journal), private truth, public truth, Scientific American, sex binary, Why Evolution Is True}

Missing the Irony, an Evolutionist Decries Private Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 22, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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Ironically, the ultimate origin of private truth is the materialism that you yourself, Dr. Coyne, espouse. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cattle, evolution, fairy tale, food, human life, human mind, logic, luck, materialism, Nautilus, pop psychology, rationality, reproduction, survival of the fittest, Templeton Foundation}

Materialism Is Sounding Super Tired Lately

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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This sort of cross between a fairy tale and pop psychology helps pop science readers pass the time while listening to the latest announcement of a flight delay. Read More ›

The gaseous state of matter is essential in understanding the behavior of elements at various temperatures

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, DNA, DNA sequence, dogmatism, epigenetic change, epigenetics, evolution, heredity, ideology, Lamarckism, materialism, methodological naturalism, offspring, presuppositions, Richard C. Lewontin}

Why Dogmatic Materialism Is Bad for Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Richard Lewontin addressed a controversy in evolution: Can life forms acquire characteristics during their lifespan that they pass on to their offspring? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, atoms, cancer, chemicals, Darwinism, devolution, eugenics, evil, function, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, human dignity, human life, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, life, materialism, podcast, problem of evil, Return of the God Hypothesis, Social Darwinism, struggle for existence, suffering, The Farm at the Center of the Universe, Tova Forman}

Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evil

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 14, 2025

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The presence of evil and suffering calls for justification. But which scientific view of life is better placed to help us address these issues? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2025

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, brain, brain activity, Christof Koch, consciousness, human exceptionalism, immaterial reality, language, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, music, rats, Roger Sperry, soul, spirit, split-brain patients, volume}

Missing Brains and the “Music Model” of Consciousness

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2025

Arts, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gazzaniga and Queenan’s new model accounts for missing brain parts but it leaves out the very thing that creates the music. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 12, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, common sense, consciousness, demons, Divine Foot, eliminative materialism, immaterial reality, material world, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Richard C. Lewontin, split-brain patients, superstition, The Immortal Mind, The New York Review of Books, universe}

Taking the Side of Science — But Which Side?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 12, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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In writing that science’s materialism is absolute, Richard Lewontin wrote as one who did not grasp the fatal flaw in his absolutism. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACLU, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Arthur Holly Compton, Henri Bergson, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, materialism, schools, University of Chicago}

Scopes: Same Debate, Different World

_{Daniel Witt
August 12, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Understandably, the Scopes trial is often viewed through the lens of current debates surrounding evolution, creationism, and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Christians, culture, Francis Collins, German, Hannah Arendt, Holocaust, homelessness, ideology, intelligent design, John West, materialism, prestige, riots, Seattle, Stephen Meyer, Stockholm Syndrome, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Sweden, Yiddish}

Hannah Arendt and Stockholm Syndrome

_{David Klinghoffer
August 5, 2025

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Will Spencer talked with John West about his book on the coopting of Christian leaders. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, Mario Beauregard, materialism, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, narrative, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, paradoxical lucidity, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Richard Dawkins, skepticism, soul, split brain, The Immortal Mind}

From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›