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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 21, 2019

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Charles Darwin, chromosomes, DNA, earth, English, eukaryotes, genomes, intelligent design, introns, machines, Middle Ages, mitochondria, natural theology, non-coding DNA, nucleus, Prague, proteins, RNA, stars, Stephen Jay Gould, sunset, transcripts, William Paley}

A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!

_{Ann Gauger
June 21, 2019

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal. Read More ›

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post

Date
November 28, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, clockmaker, cosmic fine-tuning, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Edinburgh, Flying Spaghetti Monster, instinct, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, life, natural theology, physicists, rationality, Richard Dawkins, software, universe, vitalism, watchmaker}

Intelligent Design and the Logic of Hume’s Skepticism

_{Science & Culture
November 28, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Many remember David Hume as a pioneering freethinker who saw through the superstition and sectarian dogmatism of religion. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, character, Charles Darwin, evolution, friendship, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, podcast}

From Charles Darwin, a Wonderful Lesson in Character

_{David Klinghoffer
August 29, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

If such a break between old colleagues happened now, the results would likely be very different. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Arthur Koestler, Charles Darwin, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Edinburgh University, evolution, history, intelligent evolution, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, penicillin, socialism, South America, spiritualism, teleology, Thomas Kuhn, Victorians, William Paley}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

_{Michael Flannery
August 2, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Quarterly Review, scientism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club}

The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

_{Michael Flannery
August 1, 2018

Evolution, History of Science

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As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Center for Science and Culture, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, socialism, special creation, stereotypes, theism, theistic evolution, Victorian England}

Alfred Russel Wallace — New Biography Is a Defeater for Arguments for Theistic Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2018

Intelligent Design

3}

Wallace broke with Darwin and became, arguably, the founding father of modern intelligent design theory. Read More ›

^{Type
post

Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, anagenesis, anthropocentrism, creationism, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, Günter Wagner, Julian Huxley, natural theology, neo-Darwinian synthesis, Peter Bowler, positivism, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Henry Huxley, Werner Heisenberg}

The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A Fable Told by Ernst Mayr

_{Michael Flannery
July 25, 2018

Evolution

5}

Mayr worked tirelessly to establish a synthesis bearing the unmistakable stamp of positivism. Read More ›

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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
September 5, 2016

Categories
History of Science
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __tedited, Alfred North Whitehead, Cicero, complex specified information, Duke of Argyll, Etienne Gilson, form, limits of science, mind, natural theology, substance, Universal Design Intuition}

Intelligent Design, from Cicero to Kant

_{Sarah Chaffee
September 5, 2016

History of Science, Philosophy of Science

7}

Darwin himself sought to overcome his own design intuition. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 21, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, Jerry Coyne, natural theology, Stephen Meyer, Why Evolution Is True, William Paley}

According to Jerry Coyne, “Why Evolution Is True” in a Nutshell

_{David Klinghoffer
March 21, 2012

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

1}

Coyne mainly does two things: Make fun of religion, and post pictures of cute cats. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
March 21, 2012

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, evolution, intelligent design, James Clerk Maxwell, law, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural theology, science, Stephen Meyer, William Paley}

A New Study of James Clerk Maxwell Attempts to Defend His Design Argument at the Expense of Intelligent Design

_{Michael Flannery
March 21, 2012

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Physics

1}

Maxwell breathed new life into natural theology and helped in some measure to sustain the design argument in Victorian England. Read More ›