Tag: methodological pluralism

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, analogy, anthropologists, biology, compartmentalization, defenestration, defining science, diggers, Forensics, geologists, geology, gravity, hypotheticals, integration, intelligent creatures, intelligent design, intelligent designer, methodological pluralism, methodology, natural laws, naturalistic explanations, open-mindedness, patterns, physical world, predictions, psychologists, psychology, real world, science, sociology, tractors, unscientific}

Are Scientists Allowed to Consider Unscientific Explanations?

_{Daniel Witt
July 10, 2025

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Let’s consider a narrower field. Geology, as everyone knows, is concerned with the natural processes that act upon the earth. Read More ›

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Date
July 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, BioLogos, cellular complexity, Christianity, Discovery Institute Press, Edgar Brightman, gatekeeper, inference to the best explanation, integration, Johannes Kepler, materialism, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Minding the Brain, natural theology, open-mindedness, Paul de Vries, philosophical naturalism, presuppositions, Robert Boyle, Robert J. Marks, Robert Larmer, rule of thumb, secondary causation, spontaneous generation, theism}

Methodological Naturalism as Religion in Disguise

_{Science and Culture
July 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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If the data points to outcomes that natural causes can't explain, then ruling out supernatural causes is not scientific humility — it’s religious dogma. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 17, 2023

Categories
Biology
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academia, administrators, Andrew McDiarmid, CNN, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), gender, genocide, Harvard University, historians, humanities, ID the Future, intelligent causes, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, MIT, Monopoly, natural causes, Peggy Noonan, podcast, professors, race, scholars, silver lining, tenure, testimony, universities, University of Pennsylvania, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology, worldview}

Recognizing the Scandal in the Universities — Will It Extend to Origins Science?

_{David Klinghoffer
December 17, 2023

Biology, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

4}

The regime of methodological naturalism is affirmative action for scientific ideas. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 7, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, causal agents, Charles Darwin, Christianity, ID the Future, intelligent design, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, podcast, scientific inquiry, William Whewell}

William Whewell: Statesman of Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 7, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Are there natural limits to biological change? Is the evidence for design in nature well founded? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, causal agents, Christianity, Greco-Roman world, history, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent agents, knowledge, Medieval Europe, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, natural causes, nature, podcast, scientism, scientists, unintelligent causes, universe}

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 22, 2014

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, a priori, BioLogos, Bradley Monton, Cambrian Explosion, causation, closed-mindedness, creationists, curiosity, Darwin's Doubt, defeaters, design hypothesis, empiricism, evolution, General Scholium, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, observability, On the Origin of Species, replicability, Robert Boyle, science, scientific principles, scientific reasoning, scientific revolution, scientific theory, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, testability, theology}

Methodological Naturalism: A Rule That No One Needs or Obeys

_{Paul Nelson
September 22, 2014

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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The only real motivation for holding to MN is to keep the bad guys at bay, as an all-purpose "Press Button in Case of Emergency" defeater for ideas like intelligent design. Read More ›

Terabytes of binary code data flying in a stream of information. Wavy field of coded blockchains. Neural network, points and numbers 3D illustration

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 28, 2012

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, Charles Lyell, defining science, definist fallacy, demarcation criteria, Design Inference, intelligence, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, miracles, mutations, natural selection, peer review, positive case for design, predictions, scientific method, testability}

More on How We Can Know Intelligent Design Is Science

_{Casey Luskin
November 28, 2012

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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Philosophers of science have long debated the precise definition of science. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
February 15, 2010

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __nedited, causation, Church Fathers, counterflow, definist fallacy, Del Ratzsch, design detection, evidence for id, exoplanets, explanatory filter, extra-terrestrial intelligence, eye, foresight, intervention, Irreducible Complexity, methodological pluralism, Michael Behe, miracles, natural laws, natural processes, positive case for design, Roman Catholicism, secondary causation, straw man, teleology, theism, theistic evolution, theology}

How to Completely Misunderstand Intelligent Design: A Response to Stephen Barr

_{Jay W. Richards
February 15, 2010

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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Catholic physicist Stephen Barr is a constitutionally uncharitable critic of ID. It's not clear that he has even read the books that he criticizes. Read More ›