hedgehog Type post Author Michael Flannery Date March 6, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & SciencePhilosophy of Science Tagged , atheism, C.S. Lewis, evolution, George Bernard Shaw, history, Michael Ruse, On Purpose, Owen Barfield, panpsychism, philosophers, religion Michael Ruse on Purpose: A Conflicted Response Michael Flannery March 6, 2021 Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science 5 Whatever else might be said of Ruse and his work, like all his books this one is worth having on the shelf. Read More ›
flies in amber Type post Author Michael Flannery Date March 5, 2021 CategoriesArtsEvolutionFaith & ScienceHuman ExceptionalismMathematics Tagged , abstract thought, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Everett, Darwin Industry, Darwinian theory, Darwinism as religion, hedgehog, Michael Ruse, music, Noam Chomsky, On Purpose, Pirahã people, Richard Dawkins, scientific reductionism, South America, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Henry Huxley Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment Michael Flannery March 5, 2021 Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Mathematics 5 Ruse’s chronological snobbery might be forgiven if the claims he makes for Darwinism can be unequivocally substantiated. Read More ›
Moses with the Tables of the Law Type post Author Michael Flannery Date March 4, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , Aristotle, flies, hedgehog, Immanuel Kant, Michael Ruse, neo-Darwinian theory, On Purpose, Plato, religion Michael Ruse: Darwin’s Hedgehog Searches for Purpose Michael Flannery March 4, 2021 Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy 5 For Ruse, “Darwin is like Moses” who “led his children [himself among them] to the Promised Land but never got there himself.” Read More ›
