013AlphamalechimpanzeeatKibaleforestNationalParkPho Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date November 26, 2025 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , animal intelligence, apes, Apple, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, chimpanzees, chimps, deduction, Dogs, Hanna Schleihauf, intelligence, logic, mind, rationality, researchers, Science Alert, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Utrecht University So, Chimps Are Rational Now, Too? War on Human Exceptionalism Goes On Denyse O’Leary November 26, 2025 Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 3 The trouble many researchers go to in order to try to efface the stark reality of human exceptionalism is astonishing. Read More ›
2560px-Land_planarian_(21248664896) Type post Author Daniel Witt Date February 28, 2025 CategoriesBiologyEngineeringMathematicsMetaphysics Tagged , a priori, abstract objects, Andreas Wagner, Daniel Dennett, David Deutsch, Discovery Institute, DNA, emergence, flatworms, frogs, Günter Bechly, Harvard University, material world, materialism, Max Tegmark, Mereology, Michael Levin, morphogenesis, mysticism, naturalism, philosophy of biology, physical world, physicalism, Platonism, Platonists, Richard Sternberg, Roger Penrose, secondary qualities, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, teleology, Tufts University, universals, University of Zurich, Werner Heisenberg Biologist Michael Levin: A Farewell to Physicalism Daniel Witt February 28, 2025 Biology, Engineering, Mathematics, Metaphysics 15 Levin proposes a “radical Platonist view in which some of the causal input into mind and life originates outside the physical world.” Read More ›
storm clouds Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 10, 2021 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , atheism, Christianity, creator, debates, Divine Hiddenness argument, faith, knowledge, logic, Matt Dillahunty, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, theists, theology Answering the Divine Hiddenness Argument for Atheism Michael Egnor October 10, 2021 Bioethics, Faith & Science, Philosophy 7 In my recent debate with Matt Dillahunty about the existence of God, Dillahunty invoked his favorite argument against God’s existence. Read More ›