Tag: mechanical philosophy

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chloroplasts, Current Biology, David Wolpert, evolution, Francis Bacon, Heidelberg University, information flow, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jay Richards, jumping genes, junk DNA, kinesin, mechanical philosophy, Nobel Prize, open reading frame, Prime Mover, proteins, Ribosome, Robert Boyle, robotics, Rockefeller University, Salk Institute, Santa Fe Institute, University of Southern California, Vanderbilt University, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Natural Machinery Operates Without Intervention; But How?

_{David Coppedge
May 13, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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We’re going to need a new philosophy: one that can handle realities the Elizabethans and Victorians could never have imagined. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
April 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, Eugene Wigner, Greece, intelligent design, intelligibility, Islam, Judeo-Christian tradition, mechanical philosophy, Medieval Europe, naturalism, theism, worldview}

How Does the Intelligibility of Nature Point to Design?

_{Bruce Gordon
April 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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Albert Einstein famously remarked that “the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility…[t]he fact that it is comprehensible is a miracle.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain function, comatose, consciousness, Discovery Institute, dreams, drugs, ether, injury, machines, mechanical philosophy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, persistent vegetative state, phlogiston, sleep, unconsciousness, Walter Bradley Center}

Seven Reasons the Soul Can’t Be Turned “Off”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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Neuroscientist Michael Egnor notes that the idea of consciousness is "empty," much like the idea of "natural selection" in evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, act, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Five Ways, Jerry Coyne, law of non-contradiction, mechanical philosophy, nature, potency, pre-Socratic philosophers, Prime Mover, quantum mechanics, Thomas Aquinas, Werner Heisenberg}

Introducing Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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In my ongoing debate with biologist Jerry Coyne, frequent reference is made to Aquinas’ Five Ways, particularly to his Prime Mover argument. Read More ›