Tag: Michael Polanyi

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 8, 2025

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Biochemical Predestination, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, galvanism, Guillermo Gonzalez, horror novels, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Luigi Galvani, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, origin of life, Percy Shelley, Plato, Reijer Hooykaas, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, Roger Olsen, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, spaghetti, specified complexity, spontaneous generation, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley}

Walter Bradley and Intelligent Design’s First Edition

_{David Klinghoffer
July 8, 2025

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
January 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, Anthony Flew, Aristotle, arrival of the fittest, causation, causes, Daniel Witt, Darwin's Black Box, David Gelernter, DNA, Energy, Irreducible Complexity, Jacques Monod, Life Itself, logic, mastodons, matter, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, natural law, observation, oxidation, purpose, reduction, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, Stuart Kauffman, subatomic particles, supernovae, T. rex, telos, Thomistic Aristotelianism}

The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
January 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Science
Tagged
, A Leg to Stand On, Charles Thaxton, Francis Schaeffer, intelligent cause, intelligent design, interdisciplinary, Iowa State University, Michael Polanyi, Phillip E. Johnson, Roger Olsen, Stephen Meyer, The Federalist, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Intelligent Design’s Founding Father

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Science

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Emily Nordhagen Sandico describes the origins of Thaxton’s book, which had such an influence on Stephen Meyer, William Dembski, Phillip Johnson, and others. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 22, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biography, book reviews, books, C.S. Lewis, fiction, Immanuel Kant, inference to the best explanation, John Adams, Michael Polanyi, non-fiction, novels, Politics, Return of the God Hypothesis, Science, Stephen Meyer, Twitter}

Meyer’s God Hypothesis — Christmas Selection from Aleo Review of Books

_{David Klinghoffer
November 22, 2022

Bioethics, Epistemology, Intelligent Design

2}

There’s no discernible agenda other than enjoying good books. They promise “Reviews shorter than books.” That’s a concept. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, C.S. Lewis, Charles Darwin, Civil War, evolution, Frederick Douglass, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gertrude Himmelfarb, history, Jacques Barzun, Michael Polanyi, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Richard Weikart, Robert E. Lee}

Aeschliman: The Charles Darwin/John Brown Connection

_{David Klinghoffer
March 30, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science

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The year 1859, when Darwin changed the course of science and when John Brown rebelled and died, was a profound historical turning point. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Boltzmann brain, cosmic fine-tuning, dualism, ID the Future, intelligent design, John Searle, Michael Polanyi, Michael Shermer, multiverse, origins science, prime reality, Return of the God Hypothesis, skeptics, Stephen Meyer, worldview}

Meyer: Every Worldview Must Have Its Prime Reality

_{Science and Culture
September 30, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

1}

What about the multiverse to explain the fine tuning of the laws and constants of physics? It is a solution of sorts, but it comes at a tremendous cost. Read More ›

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Author
Michael D. Aeschliman

Date
August 16, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, Aldous Huxley, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, Clarence Darrow, Dante, Darwinian theory, David Hume, Deborah Blum, Frederick Douglass, Friedrich Nietzsche, From Darwin to Hitler, Fyodor Dostoevsky, G.K. Chesterton, Ghost Hunters, J. D. Bernal, J.B.S. Haldane, Jacques Maritain, Jane Austen, John Dewey, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Lord Acton, Malcolm Muggeridge, Marquis de Sade, Marxists, Michael Polanyi, Pierre Duhem, Samuel Johnson, Social Darwinism, Stanley L. Jaki, Superman, T.S. Eliot, That Hideous Strength, The Odyssey, Thomas Carlyle, William Jennings Bryan, William Shakespeare, Yuval Harari}

That Hideous Strength — C. S. Lewis’s Fantasia of Consciousness at 75

_{Michael D. Aeschliman
August 16, 2020

Bioethics

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The novel is a narrative, fictional version of a philosophical anatomy of the satanic dimension and implication of much modern history from 1914 onwards. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 4, 2020

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Auguste Comte, biological systems, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin on Trial, Darwin's Black Box, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Hilary Putnam, history of id, intelligent design, John C. Eccles, logical positivism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, modeling, molecular biology, Neo-Darwinism, Pajaro Dunes, Phillip E. Johnson, scientific reductionism, Vienna Circle}

What Precipitated the Intelligent Design Movement?

_{Michael Flannery
March 4, 2020

Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Here are some thoughts prompted by a rather curious question posed to me in an email, namely, “What were the findings that most helped ID since the turn of the millennium?” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __edited, abiogenesis, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allan Bloom, Anaxagoras, Brian Miller, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Charles Thaxton, chemical evolution, Claude Shannon, Dean Kenyon, DNA, Erasmus Darwin, Frankenstein, Guillermo Gonzalez, Harvard University, Hubert Yockey, intelligent design, James Tour, Jonathan Wells, Joseph Hooker, Leslie Orgel, Lord Byron, Louis Pasteur, Mary Shelley, Michael Polanyi, Miller-Urey experiment, Percy Shelley, Plato, Return of the God Hypothesis, RNA, San Francisco State University, Shannon information, Signature in the Cell, Socrates, spaghetti, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, uniformitarianism, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Mystery of Life’s Origin — Intelligent Design’s Original Edition, Greatly Expanded, on Sale Now!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 27, 2020

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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How does life emerge from that which is not alive? This mystery exercises a peculiar fascination, with the power to elicit remarkable feats of imagination. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
October 31, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithmic specified complexity, algorithms, amphibians, body plans, computers, Declaration of Independence, DNA, evolution, evolutionary fitness landscape, fish, fitness function, Francis Crick, genetic code, genetic information, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, James Watson, Michael Polanyi, Morse code, No Free Lunch theorems, Randy Isaac, Robert J. Marks II, telegraph, theistic evolution, trilobites, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Examining Randy Isaac’s Critique of Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics

_{Brian Miller
October 31, 2018

Intelligent Design

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The standard evolutionary model is incapable of driving major transformations such as a fish evolving into an amphibian. Read More ›