Tag: rhetoric

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, antibodies, atheism, beta-lactamase, Big Bang, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cell (journal), Christians, COVID-19, Dan Tawfik, Darrel Falk, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Explore Evolution, fossil record, Graham Budd, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, peer-reviewed literature, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, precambrian fossils, protein evolution, Puck Mendelssohn, readers, Return of the God Hypothesis, rhetoric, RNA, RNA world, Scott Buchanan, Sören Jensen, Stephen Meyer, theism, Theistic Evolution (book), universal common ancestry, universe}

From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

_{Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

18}

Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›

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post

Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, Darwin’s Bluff, ID the Future, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, podcast, recognition, rhetoric, Robert Shedinger, scientific community, status}

Deconstructing Darwin: The Myth and the Man

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 12, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Harboring a secret fear that he’d become what his father said he would — a disgrace to his family — Darwin desperately sought status and recognition. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abiogenesis, blackboard, character assassination, early Earth, functional cell, James Tour, polynucleotides, polypeptides, polysaccharides, PowerPoint, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, rhetoric, Rice University, specified information}

James Tour Takes Professor Dave to School: Farina Won’t Answer Tour’s Reasonable Questions

_{Casey Luskin
May 25, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences

3}

Farina finally did write something on the blackboard: “Not Clueless.” This, needless to say, did not answer Tour’s request for a scientific explanation. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 23, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, agnostics, atheism, citation bluffing, Dave Farina, debates, Discovery Institute, James Tour, Professor Dave Explains, researchers, rhetoric, Rice University, YouTube videos}

A War of Words? How to Tell Who Won the Tour-Farina Debate

_{Casey Luskin
May 23, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

8}

Over three subsequent posts, I’m going to elaborate on three reasons that we can see that Tour won, based upon a rhetorical analysis of the debate. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 21, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioLogos, Brian Auten, Chad Gross, evolution, Francis Collins, geologists, ID 3.0, ID the Future, intelligent design, logic, Nobel laureates, peer-reviewed literature, podcast, Research, rhetoric, theistic evolution}

Luskin: Why Intelligent Design over Theistic Evolution?

_{Science and Culture
July 21, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

Casey Luskin give a peek behind the scenes of ID 3.0, the current research program inspired by the intelligent design framework. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 25, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, ID the Future, intelligent design, logic, podcast, probability, rhetoric, strengths and weaknesses}

Eric Anderson: Probability and Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
January 25, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

1}

Anderson taps an area of his expertise, the ongoing efforts to create self-reproducing machines, and he applies it to the mystery of life’s origin. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Axe

Date
July 22, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Book of Job, communication, conversation, creation, Crossway, dialogue, eagle, evolutionary theory, Günter Bechly, hawk, intelligent design, misrepresentation, paleontologists, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Theistic Evolution (book), Undeniable (book), Washington University}

Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation

_{Douglas Axe
July 22, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

4}

Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Annual Review of Anthropology, anti-evolution, anti-science, Arkansas, common ancestor, creationism, dialogue, Eugenie Scott, evolution, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, organisms, Paul Nelson, rhetoric, The American Biology Teacher}

What’s Wrong with Calling Intelligent Design “Anti-Evolution”?

_{Casey Luskin
March 26, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

The term “anti-evolution” has been used for decades, over and over, by untold numbers of defenders of Darwin and critics of the theory of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 27, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, persuasion, rhetoric, rhetorical strategies, straw man, The Stream, Tom Gilson}

From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
February 27, 2021

Evolution, Philosophy

1}

Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start. Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 24, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __edited, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Darwin on Trial, David Klinghoffer, David Quammen, Edinburgh, evolution, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harriet Martineau, John Murray, materialists, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Paul Johnson, Phillip E. Johnson, Plinian Society, rhetoric, The Descent of Man, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, transmutation}

Darwin’s Origin of Species — Some Historical Reflections 160 Years Later

_{Michael Flannery
November 24, 2019

Evolution

6}

Surely the “iconic” status of Darwin’s book could never have been predicted by either the author or his publisher. Read More ›