Tag: Scott Turner

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 16, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, atomists, bees, Charles Darwin, dinosaurs, evolution, French Revolution, Georges Cuvier, giraffe’s neck, J.B.S. Haldane, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, paleontologists, Plato, punctuated equilibrium, scientific materialism, Scott Turner, swarm, tautology, teleology, vitalism}

Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 16, 2021

Biology, Evolution

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The fatal flaw with metaphysical vitalism was that it invariably led to circular reasoning. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 15, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Anaxagoras, ancient Greeks, Aristotle, atheism, atomists, body plans, Christianity, cognition, demiurge, Democritus, evolutionary theory, idealism, intelligent design, materialism, Mr. Potato Head, natural selection, Plato, purposefulness, Scott Turner, Socrates}

Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology

_{Brian Miller
April 15, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
April 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, ancient Greeks, cognition, Darwinists, evolutionary model, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, homeostasis, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner, State University of New York}

Scott Turner: New Video Series on His Model for Evolution

_{Brian Miller
April 12, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin’s ideas have become a flashpoint in the culture, so any discussion of the science can easily become highly polarized and politicized. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 26, 2020

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, agency, bacteria, illusion, intention, life, Michael Denton, neutrophils, physiology, Purpose and Desire, Robert Crowther, Scott Turner, The Miracle of the Cell}

Intention, Agency, Even in “Simple” Life Is No Illusion

_{David Klinghoffer
September 26, 2020

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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As biologist Scott Turner explains, the appearance is not false but very real, a fact from whose profound implications most scientists veil their eyes. Read More ›

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post

Date
June 25, 2019

Categories
Biology
Botany
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Alzheimer’s disease, Cell Reports, chlorophyll, Current Biology, DNA, eukaryotes, gravity, homeostasis, light, Nature Communications, oxygen, photosynthesis, Plants (journal), PNAS, proteins, Purpose and Design, reactive oxygen species, Scott Turner, sleep, spliceosome, yeast, zebrafish}

Homeostasis: How Active Maintenance Showcases Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
June 25, 2019

Biology, Botany, Intelligent Design

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Can you think of an un-designed process that employs external machinery to maintain the state of another machine? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, brains, California, computers, consciousness, Darwinism, Disinherit the Wind, Hollywood, homeostasis, John West, life, Matt Chait, meditation, Purpose and Design, Scott Turner, starfish, University of California, Yiddish}

Darwin Doubting Playwright Matt Chait Returns to the Hollywood Stage

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2019

Scientific Freedom

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Chait writes smart, concise dialogue on these subjects, and seems to have learned more than a thing or two from biologist Scott Turner’s recent book, Purpose and Desire. Read More ›