natural-selection-is-the-differential-survival-and-reproduct-776983265-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 17, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionScientific Reasoning Tagged , agnosticism, Alexander von Humboldt, Artificial Selection, breeders, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Dov Ospovat, Edward Bouverie Pusey, English, fossil record, George Eliot, HMS Beagle, livestock, metaphors, natural selection, naturalists, Naturphilosophie, Origin of Species, paleobiologists, physiology, Quarterly Review, Richard Owen, Samuel Wilberforce, terminology, theology, Victorian England, world spirit What’s in a Name? Darwin’s Confusing Terminology Neil Thomas November 17, 2025 Evolution, Scientific Reasoning 10 In the English language prior to Darwin, “natural selection” was a term used by those who reared animals to denote nature’s serendipity. Read More ›
Ernst Haeckel Type post Author Neil Thomas Date March 22, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , Bible, Christianity, creator, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Europe, evolution, Germany, history, Jesus Christ, materialism, Naturphilosophie, New Testament, nihilism, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Rome, teleology, world spirit As Many Opinions as There Are Men? Neil Thomas March 22, 2022 Evolution, Faith & Science 4 The ideas of Ernst Haeckel, in his youth a hardline Darwinian materialist, were to evolve to a surprising degree. Read More ›
Dawkins-atheist-bus Type post Author Neil Thomas Date January 12, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , agnostics, atheism, atomism, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Christianity, down, Edward Aveling, Epicurus, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, George Eliot, HMS Beagle, London, Lucretius, Ludwig Feuerbach, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), Naturphilosophie, world spirit Darwinian Theory: Science or Speculative Philosophy? Neil Thomas January 12, 2022 Evolution, Life Sciences 7 Bottom line: Darwin did not have a single scrap of empirical fieldwork to document his conjectures. Read More ›
