Tag: philosophy of biology

Illustration multiplication of cells in blue

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Date
October 30, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, biology, brain cells, brains, cells, Christof Koch, Darwinism, information, kidney cells, kidneys, learning, memory, neuroscientists, Nikolay V. Kukushkin, panpsychism, philosophy of biology, skull, Tibi Puiu, TIME, ZME Science}

Researchers Find Memory Outside the Brain

_{Science and Culture
October 30, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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It it is very difficult to look at the natural world seriously and not see a mind in there somewhere. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
February 28, 2025

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Mathematics
Metaphysics
Tagged
, a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg}

Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism

_{Daniel Witt
February 28, 2025

Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics

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Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Brian Greene, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Darwinism, David Berlinski, David Gelernter, history, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Keas, Michael Ruse, molecular machines, particle physics, Peter Robinson, philosophy of biology, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, population genetics, punctuated equilibrium, Reductionism, René Thom, science, Science After Babel, Standard Model, Stephen Jay Gould, taxonomy, Tower of Babel, William Dembksi}

New! Philosopher and Mathematician David Berlinski on “Science After Babel”

_{Science and Culture
June 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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"Many will read this book for the close, elegant reasoning, the astonishing erudition, or the mordant analysis. I confess I read it for the prose." Read More ›

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Date
May 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Be a Movie Producer, C. elegans, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, film festival, intelligent design, Paul Nelson, philosophy of biology, worms, YouTube videos}

Film Festival 2023 — “How to Build a Worm”

_{Science and Culture
May 9, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Today we are screening a video hosted by Paul Nelson who describes the amazing process by which the worm is constructed and how it points toward ID. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 19, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, animals, Charles Darwin, cormorant, Discovery Institute, evolution, flightless cormorant, Galápagos Islands, history, humans, intelligent design, marine iguanas, natural theology, philosophy of biology, pilgrimage, podcast, tameness, William Paley}

Galápagos Pilgrim: Paul Nelson on Biological Design and History

_{David Klinghoffer
February 19, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Can modern intelligent design theory accommodate the fact that species evolve in historical time? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Ruse

Date
November 15, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __edited, ACLU, Arkansas, Darwinism, David Berlinski, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Firing Line, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, Richard Dawkins, William F. Buckley Jr.}

Phillip Johnson: A Fond Farewell

_{Michael Ruse
November 15, 2019

Evolution, Faith & Science

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I have the unique distinction of having contributed in the same year to the Festschrifts of both Phil Johnson and Richard Dawkins. I feel a bit like a double agent. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›