2560px-LargeBostonPublicGardenSketchbook-AWomanReadin Type post Author Peter Biles Date August 21, 2025 CategoriesCultural AnthropologyEvolution Tagged , adventure, art, beauty, betrayal, Beyond the Story, Christina Bieber Lake, death, duty, Englishmen, evolution, fiction, honor, human life, human nature, James Matthew Wilson, Kenneth Grahame, literature, love, machines, meaning, movies, philosophers, pornography, Roger Scruton, romance, scientism, social media, The Wind in the Willows, TV shows, universe, Wheaton College In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense Peter Biles August 21, 2025 Cultural Anthropology, Evolution 4 Some assume humanity’s longstanding appreciation for art, be it literary, visual, or musical, has evolutionary groundings. Read More ›
church Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date July 21, 2021 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , agnostics, apologetics, atheism, Ben Shapiro, Brian Keating, Charles Murray, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, civilization, Darwinian theory, Dennis Prager, Douglas Murray, James Croft, Jews, John West, Jordan Peterson, Judaism, Justin Brierley, Michael Medved, Michael Shermer, New Atheists, New New Atheists, Niall Ferguson, Orthodox Jews, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roger Scruton, Stephen Meyer, Tom Holland, Unbelievable, William Lane Craig Meet the New New Atheists, Not Like the Old New Atheists David Klinghoffer July 21, 2021 Faith & Science 4 These atheists are finding the “Darwinian tower” less to their liking, and are laying down their bow and arrow. Read More ›
neuroscience 2 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 4, 2020 CategoriesGeologyNeuroscience & MindOrigin of Life Tagged , confirmation bias, coronavirus, dying, evolution, fossil record, Hard Problem, human origins, information, materialism, memory, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, naturalism, near-death experiences, neuroscience, pandemic, public health, Roger Scruton, soul Neuroscientist: Neuroscience “Is a Failure” David Klinghoffer June 4, 2020 Geology, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life 4 “How many other scientific disciplines have utterly failed to explain the salient phenomenon of the system they study?” I can think of one. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date March 7, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionHuman ExceptionalismHuman Origins and AnthropologyPhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, evolution, New York Times, Roger Scruton I and Thou — Roger Scruton on What Makes Human Beings Unique Wesley J. Smith March 7, 2017 Bioethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Philosophy 3 Whatever its cause, our moral natures do indeed distinguish us from fauna. Read More ›
George_Richmond_-_Emma_Darwin_-_1840 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 2, 2014 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , __k-review, aesthetics, beauty, Brad Pitt, Charles Darwin, Emma Darwin, Great Britain, materialism, New Atheists, nothing buttery, poetry, Princeton University Press, Roger Scruton, Roman Catholic, Views, William Shakespeare The Sagacity of Emma Darwin David Klinghoffer May 2, 2014 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science, Philosophy 6 In a review of Roger Scruton's new book, Laura Keynes commends the wisdom of her ancestor, Mrs. Darwin. Read More ›