Tag: natural philosophy

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, aesthetic judgments, Anthony O’Hear, beauty, Boethius, C. S. Lewis, chemistry, classical Christian education, Douglas fir trees, education, evergreen forests, Fibonacci sequence, Johannes Kepler, John Frame, Junius Johnson, Kevin Clark, natural philosophy, old books, On the Incarnation, Pacific Northwest, physics, prayer, Ravi Jain, remembering, Roman philosophers, Science and Beauty (series), St. Athanasius, stem, Surprised by Joy, The Father of Lights, The Liberal Arts Tradition, The Weight of Glory, Third Law of Planetary Motion, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Western redcedars}

Physical Beauty, Mathematical Beauty, Scientific Beauty

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 23, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Fifteen centuries ago, when he was falsely accused of treason, exiled from his home, and awaiting his execution, Boethius consoled himself with those words. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
May 8, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, archeology, arrow, bullseye, carbon-12 resonance, cosmology, creator, debates, explorer, fine-tuning, God Hypothesis, heliocentric model, Judeo-Christian tradition, jungle, Justin Brierley, natural philosophy, Occam’s razor, Phil Halper, physics, predictions, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Stone Age, Stonehenge, target, The Story of Everything, Thomas Kuhn}

Extraordinary: Stephen Meyer and Phil Halper Debate the God Hypothesis

_{Jonathan Witt
May 8, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

6}

I could say more on the subject, but much of it is in this fantastic conversation — "the toughest debate I've ever had," as Halper graciously says at the end. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 10, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, americans, conscience, Declaration of Independence, endowed by our creator, equality, Founders, ID the Future, intelligent designer, John West, liberty, limited government, moral design, natural philosophy, philosophy, revelation, rights, scientific consensus, scientific discoveries, Scripture, theology, virtue}

The Science Behind the Declaration of Independence

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 10, 2026

Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

2}

The scientific consensus of the Founders’ era confirmed the truths of the Declaration. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
March 11, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, Aristotelian cosmos, Copernican displacement, cosmic enormity, cosmic scale, cosmology, Dante, demotion, divine hiddenness, fine-tuning, fine-tuning argument, Hell, human centrality, intelligent cause, intelligibility, methodology, motivation, natural philosophy, naturalism, posteriors, priors, promotion, Psalms, Robert B. Stewart, Satan, scientific revolution, Scripture, Sean Carroll, Stephen Meyer, The Blackwell Companion to Christian Apologetics, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series), theism, theology, Timothy McGrew, universe}

Sean Carroll and the Counter-Evidence Considered

_{Bruce Gordon
March 11, 2026

Cosmology, Physics

9}

My present concern is to articulate and confront Carroll's charge that the fine-tuning argument engages in some evidential shenanigans. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 27, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, bioethics, biology, Christians, Christopher Columbus, computer science, Copernicus, cosmology, evolution, Galileo Galilei, Genesis, genomes, Google, history, history of science, intelligent design, Mount Doom, natural philosophy, poetry, religion, Robert J. Marks II, skeptics, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Heavens the Waters and the Partridge, Winston Ewert}

Science Before the Rise of Modern Science

_{William A. Dembski
October 27, 2025

Faith & Science, History of Science

25}

An interview with Winston Ewert about his fascinating new book on the interaction between science and faith before Copernicus. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, antiquity, archetype, Christianity, harmony, human mind, image, Johannes Kepler, Melissa Cain Travis, natural philosophy, Natural Sciences, nature, philosophers, reality, scientific revolution, scientists, theism, theologians, Thinking God’s Thoughts, Zoom}

Tutorial: Melissa Cain Travis on Kepler and Cosmic Comprehensibility

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2023

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

2}

A host of philosophers, theologians, scientists, and mathematicians have been struck by the uncanny interconnection between three distinct domains of reality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, authority, dogmatism, experimentation, Medieval Europe, Medieval science, Michael Keas, Middle Ages, Moon, Myth of the Dark Ages, natural philosophy, prejudices, Roger Bacon, science, secularists, Unbelievable, universities}

“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2019

Astronomy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

3}

Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, action potentials, artifacts, cochlea, Darwinists, ear, intelligent design, machine, natural philosophy, nervous system, piano, Rockefeller University, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Thomists, transducer}

Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

7}

James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›

Anaxagoras explaining cosmos with sense of wonder and awe

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 4, 2016

Categories
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Meteorology
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __edited, __k-review, adaptation, Anaxagoras, history of id, natural philosophy, Presocratic philosophers, teleology}

Intelligent Design Is Older Than You Think — A Lot Older

_{Michael Flannery
January 4, 2016

History of Science, Intelligent Design, Meteorology, Philosophy of Science

4}

If one figure can be identified as the founder of ID, Anaxagoras may well fit the bill. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 25, 2014

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, Cosmos (series), integration, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John Hedley Brooke, laws of nature, Myth of the Dark Ages, natural philosophy, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Robert Boyle, Royal Society, science and religion}

Cosmos Scrubs Religion’s Positive Influence from the History of the Scientific Revolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 25, 2014

Faith & Science, History of Science, Science Education

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Materialists project a religion-friendly image because popular culture expects it, while at the same time they make arguments to erode religious belief. Read More ›