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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 21, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Aristotle, body, causation, Christianity, DNA, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, mind, Nicolaus Copernicus, Pierre-Simon Laplace, proteins, René Descartes, ribosomes, science of purpose, scientism, soul, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, William A. Dembski}

To Understand Nature’s Intentionality, We Must Go Back to the Future

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 21, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It required the truly inimitable intellect of Aquinas to Christianize and modernize what Aristotle had said 1,600 years before him. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Christianity, history, humanity, ID the Future, intelligent agents, knowledge, Medieval Europe, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, natural causes, nature, podcast, scientism, scientists, universe}

When Natural and Super-Natural Explanations Work Hand in Hand

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Methodological naturalism is the idea that scientists may only invoke unintelligent causes for nature’s history. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Cartesian dualism, dualism, Immanuel Kant, integration, John Searle, purpose, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, science of purpose, scientific advance, scientism, Thomas Aquinas}

How to Overcome Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 4, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Descartes is one of the founding fathers of Western science. And the conversion from medieval scholasticism to Cartesian dualism propelled science dramatically. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, atheism, C.S. Lewis, corruption, culture, ID the Future, intelligent design, John West, material processes, materialism, mind, relativism, scientific progress, scientism, The Magician's Twin}

Thus Saith the Science: Recalling the Wisdom of C. S. Lewis on His 125th Birthday

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 29, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Faith & Science

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Here, I conclude a conversation with Dr. John West about Lewis’s prophetic warnings to us about science and scientism. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Quarterly Review, scientism, St. George Mivart, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club}

The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

_{Michael Flannery
November 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, freedom, government, humans, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, lockdowns, natural world, physical science, podcast, privacy, scientific progress, scientism, scientists, technocracy}

C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 22, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 25, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, ancient world, barbarians, C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, evolution, Hell, hunger, intelligent design, John West, podcast, public health, scientism, scientocracy, sickness, slaves, technocracy, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The Magician's Twin, tyranny, YouTube videos}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the Prophet in the White Lab Coat Who Declares, “Thus Saith the SCIENCE”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 25, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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Science needs its critics as much as any field of human endeavor does. Maybe even more so today. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 29, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Metascience
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, Anthony Fauci, censorship, COVID-19, embryonic stem cells, evidence-based medicine, Francis Collins, gender-affirming care, Great Barrington Declaration, Harvard University, ideology, medical establishment, medicine, Oxford University, p-hacking, plausibility, Politics, scientism, Stanford University, The Lancet, trust, Vaccines}

Shift from “Evidence-Based” to “Science-Based” Medicine Would Stifle Debate

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 29, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine, Metascience, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Trustworthiness

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Trust must be earned, not imposed. Information gatekeepers can be wrong. The danger of censorship in the name of “science” is growing. Read More ›

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Date
August 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, J.P. Moreland, knowledge, Michael Keas, podcast, reality, science, scientism, truth, Unbelievable}

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

_{Science & Culture
August 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›