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Adam and Eve, by Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 27, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, baseball, Christianity, chromosomes, common ancestry, Daniel Dennett, faith, first couple, mainstream science, methodological naturalism, Paul Nelson, reality, S. Joshua Swamidass, Sapientia, science, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, theology, Venn diagram}

Adam and Eve and “Mainstream Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
August 27, 2020

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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“The category ‘mainstream science’ sounds plausibly neutral, capturing the sort of objective knowledge to which any well-educated adult should assent.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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, __edited, Aristotle, bias, cat, Christianity, dog, essence, existence, faith, kittens, reality, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns, Venn diagram}

Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics

_{Michael Egnor
October 11, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Bill Nye, brain, cosmic fine-tuning, hallucination, illusion, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, reality, science, Science Uprising, self-hatred, social psychology, Steven Novella, Yale University}

What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›

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Date
June 3, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, biological origins, free will, illusion, Instagram, Jay Richards, love, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, morality, myths, Neil deGrasse Tyson, reality, Richard Dawkins, Science Uprising, scientists, soul}

First Episode of Science Uprising Is Out: Fake Science and Toxic Materialism

_{Science & Culture
June 3, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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What if the way the culture directs us to think about our own biological origins is based on a vast, highly influential myth? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, abstraction, animals, apes, emotion, humans, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, perception, reality, spirituality}

Egnor: A Couple of Problems with Ape “Spirituality”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The wish to demote, punish, and degrade ourselves this way, a neurosis special to our modern culture, is itself, ironically, a tribute to human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 1, 2018

Categories
Biology
Faith & Science
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", academics, Adam and Eve, Bible, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Christians, creationism, debate, Dennis Prager, evidence, evolution, evolutionary creationism, intelligent design, materialism, reality, science, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, theology}

No Escape from Theistic Evolution?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 1, 2018

Biology, Faith & Science, Sociology

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“TE thus represents a very deep sink or depression in the landscape of theological and scientific opinion.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 1, 2018

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, cosmos, earth, Earth-like planets, exoplanets, extraterrestrials, galaxy, Great Minds with Michael Medved, intelligent design, interview, Jay Richards, life, Mars, materialism, Michael Medved, planets, podcast, reality, science reporting, SETI, total solar eclipse}

Medved, Richards Ask: Are We Alone in the Universe?

_{David Klinghoffer
March 1, 2018

Physical Sciences

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If life in the universe is singular, if we’re it and there is no other life, whether intelligent or otherwise, what’s the bad news about that, and what’s the good news? Read More ›

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Date
November 18, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, ID the Future, information, life, materialism, matter, physical existence, podcast, reality, Research, Sarah Chaffee, universe}

Physicist Brian Miller on Information as the Basis of the Universe

_{Science & Culture
November 18, 2017

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Increasingly, the direction of research points away from a materialist view in which information is seen as a byproduct of matter. Read More ›