Tag: philosophy of science

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 3, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Alexander Hall, Arthur Fine, Bill Wimsatt, David Hull, David Malament, design detection, divorce, doctoral studies, Douglas Axe, Edward Teller, evolution, intelligent design, J. Gresham Machen, Jonathan Wells, mathematics, Michael Behe, My Personal History with Information (series), natural theology, Northwestern University, Paul Nelson, Paul Teller, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy, philosophy of science, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton University, probability, Sisyphus, specification, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, The Design Inference, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Pittsburgh, William Paley, Winston Ewert}

Philosophy, Theology, and an Inference to Design

_{William A. Dembski
October 3, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy of Science

7}

My dissertation on the logic of conditionals came to seems like the rock of Sisyphus. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", abductive inferences, ad hominems, Arkansas, Bruce Gordon, chemistry, contingency, cosmology, creator, dark matter, demarcation problem, evolutionary biologists, existence, forensic scientists, genetic fallacies, geologists, Larry Laudan, necessary being, New Atheists, philosophy of science, red herrings, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, The Telegraph}

“God of the Gaps,” and Other Old Friends: Responding to Critics in The Telegraph

_{Bruce Gordon
September 23, 2026

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science

4}

There are a lot of commenters refuting arguments that Stephen Meyer never made. What he is offering is what philosophers of science call an abductive inference. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
April 15, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Tagged
, chemistry, cosmology, God’s Not Dead, gravity, intelligent design, john lennox, Kevin Sorbo, Leonard Mlodinow, Oxford University, philosophy, philosophy of science, physics, showtimes, Singularity, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Grand Design, theaters}

What Grand Design? On Stephen Hawking’s Loophole

_{Terrell Clemmons
April 15, 2026

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics

4}

In their 2010 book, Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow set out to answer a big question. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 12, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, atheists, biology, Cambridge, England, information, information theory, intelligent design, James Orr, mathematics, Natural Sciences, natural theology, Nature, philosophy of science, physics, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Theory of Everything}

Stephen Meyer in Cambridge: Natural Theology or Intelligent Design?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 12, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

2}

Adds James Orr, “You might call it non-natural theology in that your argument around mathematics and information is that it's not naturalistically explicable. Read More ›

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Date
March 11, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Darwin's House of Cards, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, evolutionary theory, Galileo Galilei, John C. Eccles, Karl Popper, Michael Flannery, natural selection, nature, offspring, parents, philosophy of science, purpose, sexual selection, Tom Bethell}

On Natural Selection, Popper’s Posthumous Gift

_{Science & Culture
March 11, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy of Science

2}

If philosopher of science Karl Popper wanted to leave a gift for those who came after to puzzle over and discuss, he couldn’t have chosen more astutely. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
February 13, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Alex O’Connor, atheists, background theory, Bayesian reasoning, constants, cosmologists, cosmology, E. F. Hutton, Eric Hedin, fine-tuning, fingerprints, Friedrich Schleiermacher, galaxies, God of the gaps, gravity, Hans Halvorson, human centrality, Leonard Susskind, Luke Barnes, multiverse, philosophy of science, physicist, quantum mechanics, scientific reasoning, Sean Carroll, The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers (series), theism, theists, Victor Stenger}

The Fine-Tuning Argument and Its Cultured Despisers

_{Bruce Gordon
February 13, 2026

Cosmology, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

19}

Carroll is a prolific physicist and cosmologist who has been a prominent popularizer of science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, boogeyman, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, democracy, disciplines, Elay Shech, evidence, experts, Follow the Experts, Housing First, ID the Future, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Choe, lockdowns, New York Times, philosophy of science, pseudoscience, reasoning, reliability, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific method, Seattle, Signature in the Cell, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, trust}

Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

4}

Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
January 6, 2026

Categories
Historical Sciences
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, Casey Luskin, code, conflict thesis, DNA, engineering, history of science, ID the Future, information science, intelligent agency, Kitzmiller v. Dover, logos, mathematical laws, natural world, philosophy of science, podcast, reality, University of Warwick}

Casey Luskin and Professor Steve Fuller on the Rich Tradition of Intelligent Design

_{Andrew McDiarmid
January 6, 2026

Historical Sciences, History of Science, Intelligent Design

2}

Dr. Fuller describes a historical understanding where modern science originated from a theological foundation. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 2, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Science Education
Tagged
, ACLU, Antony Flew, attorneys, biology, Cambrian animals, Cambrian Explosion, Christians, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Dover trial, education, evolution, George W. Bush, Harrisburg, Henry Quastler, Hollywood, information, Inherit the Wind, intelligent design, John E. Jones III, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, natural processes, Pennsylvania, philosophy of science, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Pulitzer Prize, Robert Crowther, Scopes Monkey Trial, Spencer Tracy, Stephen Meyer, Summer for the Gods, theists, theology, William Paley}

Dover Days: A Fatuous Decision Is About to Turn 20 Years Old

_{Jonathan Witt
December 2, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Science Education

13}

Judge Jones looked my way, and his expression seemed full of fellow feeling, as if to say, “Don’t sweat it. I’m all about free speech. I’ve got your back.” Read More ›

Intricate details of an antique pocket watch mechanism showcasing gears and springs in close-up

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, bias, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, encyclopedias, facts, fine-tuning, Grok, Grokipedia, intelligent design, Larry Sanger, philosophy of science, pseudoscience, think tank, United States, Wikipedia, William Dembski, Wired}

On Intelligent Design, Wikipedia Hedges, While Grokipedia Tells (Whoa!) the Truth

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 28, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

There is still plenty of time for Grok to be infiltrated by all kinds of bias and it would certainly be wise to keep checking back. Read More ›