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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
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, __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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Date
October 30, 2017

Categories
Faith & Science
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, __k-review, Alfred North Whitehead, C.S. Lewis, Charles Thaxton, China, Darwinism, Isaac Newton, Martin Luther, Nancy Pearcey, Protestantism, Reformation, Rodney Stark, Roman Catholic, science, scientific revolution, Ten Commandments}

The Reformation and Science: No Simple Answers, but Some Clear Foundations

_{Science & Culture
October 30, 2017

Faith & Science

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October 31 is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, marked by Martin Luther’s nailing his Ninety-five Theses to the church door at Wittenberg. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 30, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Albert Einstein, Big Think, Fifth Way, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, Santa Fe Institute, scientific revolution, Shannon information, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, William A. Dembski}

Is Information the Basis for the Universe?

_{Michael Egnor
August 30, 2017

Intelligent Design

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Information, understood as formal and final cause, is what makes nature real. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 29, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Christianity, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, faith and science, methodological materialism, paleontology, science and faith, scientific revolution, Warfare Thesis}

Obit for Famous Christian Paleontologist Peddles Warfare Myth

_{Jonathan Witt
June 29, 2017

Evolution, Faith & Science, Science

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Trilobites, crinoids, brachiopods, and more bear his name. But a colleague introduces some telling confusions into a remembrance. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
September 22, 2014

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, a priori, BioLogos, Bradley Monton, Cambrian Explosion, causation, closed-mindedness, creationists, curiosity, Darwin's Doubt, design hypothesis, empiricism, evolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, On the Origin of Species, replicability, Robert Boyle, science, scientific reasoning, scientific revolution, scientific theory, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, testability, theology}

Methodological Naturalism: A Rule That No One Needs or Obeys

_{Paul Nelson
September 22, 2014

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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The only real motivation for holding to MN is to keep the bad guys at bay, as an all-purpose "Press Button in Case of Emergency" defeater for ideas like intelligent design. Read More ›