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Aquinas’ Fourth Way: Light in a Mirror

It’s helpful, as with his Third Way, to begin with a metaphor, in order to get an intuitive feel for the proof. Read More ›
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Essence and Existence in Modern Science

St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›
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Photo: Jerry Coyne on The Dave Rubin Show, via YouTube (screen shot).

Evolution Has Not Been Kind to Jerry Coyne

The design we infer in nature is an insight we abstract from our senses, but the inference itself is acquired by our reason. Read More ›
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Richard Sternberg: Intelligent Design “Through the Eyes of a Platonist”

“There has to be something in addition to just the DNA sequences alone that explains development.” Read More ›
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Origins of a Dictum

“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It's almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents. Read More ›
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Science Uprising — Michael Egnor Responds to a (Thoughtful) Critic

“Although higher thought is not localizable to one region of the brain, it may be distributed to neurons throughout the brain.” Read More ›
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Now on YouTube — Stephen Meyer, Eric Metaxas on the Return of the God Hypothesis

It’s a great, great privilege to work with brilliant scientists who do such an amazing job of explaining the science that lies behind the deepest questions men and women can ask themselves. Read More ›
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Redness Reconsidered: Materialism, Universals, and Abstract Objects of Thought

The question about the material/immaterial nature of abstract thought is crucial to the debate over the plausibility of materialism. Read More ›
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Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help

A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt. Read More ›
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“Fake News” Isn’t a Phony Concept, as Media and Wikipedia Coverage of Intelligent Design Shows

The interesting psychological issue here turns upon the question of whether these people are deliberately lying or not. Read More ›

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