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Golden Sunset Reflecting On A Breaking Ocean Wave

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 3, 2018

Categories
Epistemology
History of Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __edited, Alvin Plantinga, Aristotelianism, Big Bang, causation, Ed Feser, Enlightenment, Francis Bacon, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Isaac Newton, knowledge, Maimonides, materialism, nature, New Atheists, Newtonian mechanics, philosophers, power, René Descartes, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, scientific revolution, scientists, Steven Pinker, Thomas Aquinas}

Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment

_{Michael Egnor
October 3, 2018

Epistemology, History of Science, Metaphysics

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A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, education, entrepreneurship, humans, intelligence, machines, Mind Matters, René Descartes, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, adenosine triphosphate, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Casey Luskin, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Corvette, cysteine, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, Immanuel Kant, kinesin, laptop computer, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, molecular machines, National Academy of Sciences, Phillip E. Johnson, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, Tim Berra}

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

_{Jonathan Wells
June 13, 2018

Intelligent Design

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René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 17, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, atheism, determinism, evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, intelligent design, law of non-contradiction, materialism, natural selection, René Descartes, Summa Contra Gentiles, Thomas Aquinas, truth}

Descartes’s Blunder

_{Michael Egnor
January 17, 2018

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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What is it that we are most sure of? It’s a fundamental question, the object of philosophical analysis for millennia. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 25, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, intelligent design, materialism, Nominalism, Platonic forms, René Descartes, theology, Thomas Aquinas}

Why Aristotle and Aquinas?

_{Michael Egnor
July 25, 2017

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science

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Here’s a fair question: Why do I prattle on so much about scholastic philosophy? Of what genuine relevance is it to intelligent design? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 20, 2017

Categories
Biology
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, __edited, Adam Frank, Aristotle, Cartesian dualism, David Klinghoffer, electron, materialism, neuroscience, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa}

What Is Matter? The Materialist Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
July 20, 2017

Biology, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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Materialism isn’t really a metaphysical theory. It’s just a mistake. It’s a woefully inadequate understanding of nature. Read More ›

Aristotle: greek philosopher, polymath of classical period, ancient greece's profound thinker and influential figure in fields spanning philosophy, science, ethics, politics

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 16, 2016

Categories
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, __tedited, Cartesian dualism, Francis Bacon, hylomorphism, induction, intentionality, materialism, mind-body problem, purpose, Reductionism, René Descartes, teleology, Thomism}

Teleology and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 16, 2016

Metaphysics

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Perhaps the turning point in modern philosophy of science was the abandonment of teleology by Francis Bacon. Read More ›

Inexperienced painter painted having problems, The concept of working problems.

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 14, 2016

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, aboutness, Cartesian dualism, consciousness, David Chalmers, dualism, hard problem of consciousness, hylomorphism, intentionality, materialism, mind, neuroscience, Reductionism, René Descartes, self-awareness, sensations, Thomism}

What Is Consciousness?

_{Michael Egnor
July 14, 2016

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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René Descartes in the 17th century created the Hard Problem of consciousness, out of whole cloth. Read More ›