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Date
August 23, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theism, Darwinism, Edinburgh University, ID the Future, intelligent evolution, materialism, medicine, Plinian Society, podcast, Scotland, theistic evolution, worldview}

On the Origin of Darwin’s Worldview

_{Science & Culture
August 23, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Michael Flannery tells of Darwin’s involvement in the Plinian Society, a “freethinkers” group at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 22, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Fine-tuning
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, Brian Keating, cosmic fine-tuning, cosmologists, God Hypothesis, Jay Richards, Luke Barnes, materialism, materialists, multiverse, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, Uncommon Knowledge, universe}

Jay Richards: The 1890s Were a Much Better Time to Be an Atheist

_{David Klinghoffer
August 22, 2024

Faith & Science, Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences

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Yes, ideas of a multiverse are taken “extremely seriously.” And those are obviously intended to counter the theistic implications of the familiar cosmology. Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, human mind, human nature, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Pat Flynn, physical processes, soul, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind}

Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

_{Science & Culture
August 19, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, agency, Aristotle, C.S. Lewis, coevolution, evo-devo, hunter-gatherers, materialism, niche construction, Plato, self-organization, synergy, Systems Biology, teleonomy}

An Evolutionary Theorist Plays with Words; Let’s See How Far It Gets Him

_{Daniel Witt
August 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Francis Heylighen’s “ontology of relational agency” starts with an interesting observation. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alister McGrath, Charles Darwin, Climbing Mount Improbable, John Ray, materialism, Meister Eckhart, Moses, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Richard Dawkins, speciation, Stephen Jay Gould, The God Delusion, theology, William Paley}

Some Unintended Consequences of Atheist (and Theist) Discourse

_{Neil Thomas
August 8, 2024

Evolution, Faith & Science

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This “law of unintended consequences” is an intriguing aspect of the whole Darwin/Dawkins affair that deserves further investigation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Bruce Greyson, Closer to Truth, death, immortality, materialism, Michael Egnor, naturalism, physicalism, Psyche, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Sam Parnia, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 7, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
August 7, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, David Klinghoffer, Denis Noble, Douglas Axe, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Neo-Darwinism, New Atheists, Normal Science, panpsychism, paradigm shift, post-truth, Professor Dave, PZ Myers, Royal Society, Sam Harris, scientism, spiritualism, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Third Way of Evolution, vitalism, Zeitgeist}

Is This a Paradigm Shift?

_{Daniel Witt
August 7, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

7}

Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism. Read More ›

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post

Date
August 5, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, assisted suicide, death, despair, Discovery Institute Press, Enlightenment, euthanasia, Greeks, history, Howard Glicksman, Jews, Judeo-Christian tradition, life, materialism, Michael Egnor, Nancy Pearcey, Peter Singer, Richard Weikart, Socrates, suffering, Unnatural Death, Wesley J. Smith}

How Did We Get Here? New Book by Richard Weikart Tracks Rise of the Culture of Death

_{Science & Culture
August 5, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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The Judeo-Christian tradition encouraged a culture of life, but the secular Enlightenment and Darwinian materialism have tugged us in a different direction. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, chemists, cognition, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, decision-making, Gaia, Galen Strawson, human consciousness, materialism, memory, panpsychism, philosophers, physicalism, Robert Wright, thinking}

Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Cambridge University, causation, coding, David Berlinski, Hoover Institution, information, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, John West, laws of nature, materialism, nature, Peter Robinson, Richard Dawkins, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, The Magician's Twin, universe}

The Magician’s Twin: A Conversation with Stephen Meyer, James Orr, and David Berlinski

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Citing C. S. Lewis, Dr. Meyer calls the drama of materialism’s unravelling a kind “repentance.” Read More ›