frog Type post Date January 26, 2023 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionLife SciencesPhilosophyScience Tagged , Charles Darwin, evolution, Latin, Nominalism, On the Origin of Species, Periodic Table, phylogeny, species, speciesism, UC Berkeley Biologist Advocates Biology Without Species; What Could Go Wrong? Science and Culture January 26, 2023 Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences, Philosophy, Science 3 So what is real, according to Brent Mishler? Only phylogeny — the tree of evolutionary descent. Read More ›
Inc O-14 Folio Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 9, 2020 CategoriesArtsBioethicsEvolutionPhilosophy Tagged , barbarism, conservatism, Darwinism, Immanuel Kant, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, modernity, Nominalism, Politics, realism The “Virus That Infected Philosophy” David Klinghoffer June 9, 2020 Arts, Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy 2 Egnor explains, “Nominalism is the view that universals exist only as concepts in the mind, but not in reality.” Read More ›
red rose Type post Author Michael Egnor Date January 4, 2018 CategoriesFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, dualism, Ed Feser, mind, nature, Nominalism, Plato, Platonism, Thomas Aquinas, universals Redness Reconsidered: Materialism, Universals, and Abstract Objects of Thought Michael Egnor January 4, 2018 Faith & Science, Philosophy 5 The question about the material/immaterial nature of abstract thought is crucial to the debate over the plausibility of materialism. Read More ›
Aristotle Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 25, 2017 CategoriesFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignPhilosophyScience Tagged , __k-review, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, intelligent design, materialism, Nominalism, Platonic forms, René Descartes, theology, Thomas Aquinas Why Aristotle and Aquinas? Michael Egnor July 25, 2017 Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science 5 Here’s a fair question: Why do I prattle on so much about scholastic philosophy? Of what genuine relevance is it to intelligent design? Read More ›
