Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

Plinian Society

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August 23, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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On the Origin of Darwin’s Worldview

Science and Culture
August 23, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Michael Flannery tells of Darwin’s involvement in the Plinian Society, a “freethinkers” group at Edinburgh University in Scotland. Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Beetles collected in the Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace” (cropped), ©Natural History Museum, London, via Flickr
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Michael Flannery
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October 16, 2023
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Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson

Michael Flannery
October 16, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We can add Andrew Berry to the list of those quick to praise Alfred Wallace on certain matters but equally quick to condemn him on others. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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October 15, 2020
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Evolution
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How Darwin’s Worldview Shaped Darwin’s Theory

Science and Culture
October 15, 2020
Evolution
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It was at Edinburgh University that he first encountered radical philosophical materialism, which laid the philosophical foundation for his work in evolution. Read More ›
Darwin
Origin of Species
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March 8, 2020
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Evolution
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Just the Facts? Michael Flannery on Charles Darwin and Materialism

Science and Culture
March 8, 2020
Evolution
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Learn more about Darwin’s experiences at the University of Edinburgh with the Plinian Society, and his interaction with prominent atheists near the end of his life. Read More ›
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Michael Flannery
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November 24, 2019
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Evolution
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Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later

Michael Flannery
November 24, 2019
Evolution
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Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher. Read More ›
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Photo credit: “Beetles collected in the Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace” (cropped), ©Natural History Museum, London, via Flickr
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Michael Flannery
Date
November 20, 2019
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Evolution
Faith & Science
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Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson

Michael Flannery
November 20, 2019
Evolution, Faith & Science
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We can add Andrew Berry to the list of those quick to praise Alfred Wallace on certain matters but equally quick to condemn him on others. Read More ›
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Michael Flannery
Date
November 5, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
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Phillip E. Johnson: Awaking a Sleeping Giant

Michael Flannery
November 5, 2019
Intelligent Design, Metaphysics
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Part of his brilliance was in recognizing that an appropriate challenge to the reductionisms of our age required a thoroughly multidisciplinary approach. Read More ›
Darwin statue from a distance
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Michael Flannery
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December 20, 2017
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Evolution
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A.N. Wilson’s Charles Darwin — A Sense of Déjà Vu

Michael Flannery
December 20, 2017
Evolution
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Factual errors aside, the problem is I’ve heard all this before. Read More ›
Darwins-shoes
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David Klinghoffer
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March 24, 2017
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Evolution
Science
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Darwin and Data — “Cutting the Toes to Fit the Shoe”

David Klinghoffer
March 24, 2017
Evolution, Science
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The popular picture of Charles Darwin casts him as the assiduous, objective gatherer of scientific data, only reluctantly reaching the conclusion he did. Read More ›

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