Tag: purposefulness

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
September 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, algorithms, amino acids, Aristotle, causation, chickens, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, evolutionary theorists, explanations, final cause, G.K. Chesterton, human body, intelligent design, laws of physics, life, materialism, Mereology, Mona Lisa, oncologists, purpose, purposefulness, quantum physics, science of purpose, screwdriver, Stephen J. Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, supernatural, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Theist Doctor, Materialist Doctor

_{Daniel Witt
September 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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To be a good medical doctor, you have to treat the human body as if its parts have purpose and function. There’s really no way around it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 6, 2024

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, An American Life, atheism, butterflies, Christians, Communism, faith and science, Galesburg, Greeks, Illinois, intelligent design, Jews, Jimmy Carter, John West, Mikhail Gorbachev, National Prayer Breakfast, order, Paul Johnson, purposefulness, Return of the God Hypothesis, Romans, Ronald Reagan, sculptor, sculpture, Soviet Union, Stephen Meyer, United States, Whittaker Chambers}

On Ronald Reagan’s Birthday, Let’s Appreciate His Debt — and Ours — to Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
February 6, 2024

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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President Reagan wrung a startling spiritual concession from his Communist counterpart — with an argument for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Anaxagoras, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, atheism, atomists, body plans, Christianity, cognition, demiurge, Democritus, evolutionary theory, idealism, intelligent design, materialism, Mr. Potato Head, natural selection, Plato, purposefulness, Scott Turner, Socrates}

Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology

_{Brian Miller
April 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 6, 2017

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Christianity, Darwinism, evolution, Fire-Maker, intelligent design, intentionality, J. Scott Turner, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Michael Egnor, Purpose & Desire, purposefulness, State University of New York, United Kingdom}

Scott Turner on Biology’s Hobson’s Choice – Time Running Out on Pre-publication Deal!

_{David Klinghoffer
September 6, 2017

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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"The phrase is said to have originated with Thomas Hobson (1544–1631), who offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in his stall nearest to the door or taking none at all." Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
September 1, 2016

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thinking, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human nature, meaning, purposefulness, qualia, signals, speech, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe}

Why Does Man Have Language?

_{Michael Egnor
September 1, 2016

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Both humans and other animals use signs. Signs are things that direct attention to something else. Read More ›