2560px-Jan_steen,_la_visita_del_dottore,_1660-62_ca._02 Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date July 18, 2025 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignMedicine Tagged , Aristotelianism, biology, cancer, Evolution News, faith and science, humans, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, mechanism, mechanistic view, medical school, oncologists, organisms, physical world, podcast, purpose, random processes, Stephen Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, Thomistic philosophy Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science Andrew McDiarmid July 18, 2025 Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine 3 Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›
Newton by Blake Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 27, 2021 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhilosophy of Science Tagged , atheism, creator, intelligent design, materialists, mechanistic view, Neil deGrasse Tyson, personal God, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientists, Stephen Meyer, theism, universe, University of Cambridge Isaac Newton — Proto-Intelligent Design Advocate David Klinghoffer April 27, 2021 Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science 2 Some atheists, like Neil deGrasse Tyson, have miscast Newton as a mechanist and a materialist, in their own image. Read More ›
mechanical brain Type post Date October 10, 2020 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , brain, computers, Darwinism, evolutionary biology, genes, ID the Future, intentionality, J. Scott Turner, mechanistic view, mind, purpose, Robert Crowther, State University of New York Listen: Scott Turner on Evolutionary Biology’s Mechanistic Bias Science & Culture October 10, 2020 Biology, Evolution 1 Viewing the brain as a computer, for example, obscures many things about the brain and the mind that exceed computers, both quantitatively and qualitatively. Read More ›
Aristotle-2 Type post Date July 17, 2019 CategoriesBiologyFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, essence, ID the Future, mechanistic view, Michael Egnor, nature, particles, podcast, purpose, science, scientists, teleology Edward Feser on Aristotle’s Revenge — Purpose and Essence in Nature Science & Culture July 17, 2019 Biology, Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 1 Scientists can get along without Aristotle’s metaphysics, says Feser, but science can’t. Read More ›
