Tag: Purpose and Desire

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, adaptations, biology, conscious purposiveness, determinism, Edmund Ware Sinnott, environment, epigenetics, Eva Jablonka, evolution, Evolution: The History of an Idea, freedom, George Levine, Georges Cuvier, history, homeostasis, inheritance, instinctive regulation, J. Scott Turner, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Jerry Coyne, Jessica Riskin, Lamarckism, Laurent Larson, Marion Lamb, motivation, neo-Darwinian synthesis, personality, Peter J. Bowler, Purpose and Desire, regeneration, Skeptic Magazine, teleology, The Power of Life, Yale University}

Re-evaluating Lamarck’s Contribution to Evolutionary Thought

_{Michael Flannery
July 9, 2026

Evolution, History of Science

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The rehabilitation of Lamarck and the important work of scholars of the past (i.e., Sinnott) and present (i.e., Turner) suggest an interesting conclusion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, equity, Evolution News, funding, inclusion, J. Scott Turner, money, National Association of Scholars, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Purpose and Desire, South Africa, taxpayers, universities, wokeness}

Big Science Is the Toxic Spoiled Brat of Academic Life

_{David Klinghoffer
August 18, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

4}

The scheme has a name, a blandly harmless-sounding one. It’s called “indirect costs.” Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, ancient Greeks, cognition, Darwinists, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, homeostasis, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner, State University of New York}

Scott Turner: New Video Series on His Model for Evolution

_{Brian Miller
April 12, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

Darwin’s ideas have become a flashpoint in the culture, so any discussion of the science can easily become highly polarized and politicized. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agency, bacteria, illusion, intention, life, Michael Denton, neutrophils, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Robert Crowther, Scott Turner, The Miracle of the Cell}

Intention, Agency, Even in “Simple” Life Is No Illusion

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

2}

As biologist Scott Turner explains, the appearance is not false but very real, a fact from whose profound implications most scientists veil their eyes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, biologist, Claude Bernard, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, homeostasis, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Purpose and Desire, radio, State University of New York, Stephen Meyer}

Listen: Turner, Meyer, and Bernard’s Dangerous Idea

_{David Klinghoffer
June 7, 2018

Intelligent Design

2}

“There is intelligence that underlies the evolutionary process. You cannot explain it without that.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
May 4, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Ann Gauger, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwin's Doubt, David Berlinski, David Premack, fossil record, intelligent evolution, J. Scott Turner, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, Neo-Darwinism, Purpose and Desire, Quarterly Review of Biology, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, The Human Instinct, Thomas Nagel, Wendell Berry}

Kudzu Science: Ken Miller’s The Human Instinct

_{Michael Flannery
May 4, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

11}

Miller is one of those “settled science” bullies. Here he sets his sights on essayist Marilynne Robinson. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, computer simulations, evolution, ID the Future, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, Purpose and Desire, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Return of the Christmas Pony – Robert Marks on Modeling Darwinian Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2017

Evolution, Science

2}

Maybe evolution is just too complicated to model? Or maybe computer simulations have already provided a sufficient demonstration that evolution works as advertised? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 12, 2017

Categories
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, creationism, education, evolution, Gerd Müller, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Louisiana, LSEA, Nautilus, Purpose and Desire, Tennessee, Turkey}

Say What You Want About Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 12, 2017

Science Reporting

6}

Writing at the slick science magazine Nautilus, Brian Gallagher demonstrates yet again that there is no accountability when criticizing ID is on the agenda. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 11, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Claude Bernard, Darwinian theory, evolution, Fire-Maker, homeostasis, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Metamorphosis, Michael Denton, Purpose and Desire}

Biologist Laments, “I Want Deeply for [Darwinism] to Make Sense”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 11, 2017

Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

In his provocative new book Purpose and Desire, J. Scott Turner tells the story about the Christmas pony. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2017

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, evolution, Harvard University Press, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, life, Michael Denton, Purpose and Desire, State University of New York}

Scott Turner’s Purpose and Desire — An Important New Voice in the Evolution Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2017

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

The latest biologist to come out swinging at Darwinism, Dr. Turner is not a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›