Tag: natural law

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
November 10, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Historical Sciences
Tagged
, chance, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, domestication, John Herschel, Joseph Hooker, Linnean Society, natural forces, natural law, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, quantum mechanics, randomness, Samuel Haughton, St. George Mivart, Victorian England, Whitwell Elwin, William Whewell}

A Matter of Insinuation: Chance in Darwin’s Theory

_{Neil Thomas
November 10, 2025

Evolution, Historical Sciences

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Think of a rock dislodged by happenstance, tumbling down a mountain, and coming to rest in some particular spot. Read More ›

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Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, A Universe from Nothing, atheism, black hole, cosmic microwave background radiation, creator, Energy, fine-tuning, First Cause, Higgs Boson, Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy, Lawrence Krauss, mass-energy, matter, natural law, physicists, physics, quantum fields, supernatural, universe}

New Video: “Proof of God in 3 Minutes” — Really? Here Are the Details

_{Science and Culture
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Physics

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We will demonstrate that the video is accurate, well supported, and there is truly no serious argument against its conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 22, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, Antony Flew, central dogma, Chance & Necessity, Charles Darwin, Daniel Witt, Design Inference, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene Wigner, Francis Crick, God Hypothesis, intention, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, Jaques Monod, Life Itself, materialism, Michael Levin, molecular biology, natural law, physicalism, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Richard Sternberg, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, specified complexity, telos, theologians, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Kuhn}

Life Itself: In Michael Levin’s Platonism, Teleology Advances

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 22, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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This is a huge step by a leading contemporary academic scientist away from pure physicalism. 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
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood}

A Closer Look at Natural Law

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 25, 2024

Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
April 2, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", diffusion, Evolution News, formalism, Galileo Galilei, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, mechanics, Michael Behe, natural law, naturalists, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Plato, Pythagoras, science of purpose, scientific atheists, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, William A. Dembski}

Is Natural Law Irreducible?

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
April 2, 2024

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

5}

Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
May 11, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, academia, antibiotics, beauty, body plans, butterfly wings, consciousness, creativity, creator, evolutionary processes, faith and science, foresight, free will, genetic code, God's Grandeur, goodness, human dignity, human origins, intelligent agents, intelligent design, intelligibility, materialistic science, molecular machines, monotheism, morality, natural law, podcasts, rationality, Roman Catholic, theism, truth, universe, wings}

God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

_{Ann Gauger
May 11, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Scientific Reasoning

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How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
April 19, 2023

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Ann Gauger, Anthony Esolen, Aristotle, beauty, Benjamin Wiker, Bible, Brian Miller, Bruce Chapman, Christianity, consciousness, creator, faith and science, Father Michael Chaberek, God's Grandeur, Günter Bechly, human origins, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Logan Gage, materialism, Michael Behe, Moral Law, natural law, paleontology, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas}

When Catholics Argue for Intelligent Design

_{Ann Gauger
April 19, 2023

Biology, Cosmology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The evidence from science is clear, but with the discussion of philosophical questions, the necessity of a Creator becomes overwhelming. Read More ›

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Date
March 25, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, natural law, podcast, scientism, Space Trilogy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Restoration of Man}

Aeschliman on C. S. Lewis, Scientism, and the Restoration of Man

_{Science and Culture
March 25, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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As Michael D. Aeschliman notes, Lewis powerfully illustrated the shortcomings and dangers of scientism in his final Space Trilogy novel. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 16, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Ecology
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Alasdair MacIntyre, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, creation, Democritus, energy production, error correction, imago Dei, information processing, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Tour, materialism, molecules, natural law, Plato, Pope Francis, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, scientific revolution, Simon Conway Morris, Stephen Meyer, stewardship, teleology, University of Notre Dame}

Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
November 16, 2022

Cosmology, Ecology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.” Read More ›