Tag: structuralism

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 16, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptations, BIO-Complexity, biochemist, Children of Light, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, doctors, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, feathers, fire, Fire-Maker, fitness, Greek Orthodox Church, intelligent design, mammals, Michael Denton, Nature’s Destiny, neo-Darwinian evolution, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, structuralism, teleology, The Miracle of Man, The Miracle of the Cell, The Wonder of Water}

Has Michael Denton “Recanted” His Critiques of Darwinian Evolution?

_{Casey Luskin
September 16, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Obviously, in asking about someone’s view on “evolution,” the answer depends very much on how you define that notoriously multivalent word. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 19, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andreas Wagner, biological complexity, convergence, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary biologists, evolutionary processes, evolutionary theory, fitness landscapes, intelligent design, laws of nature, Ockham’s razor, preconditions, protein evolution, proteins, Rope Kojonen, science, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), William A. Dembski}

Evolution Falsified? Rope Kojonen’s Achievement

_{Casey Luskin and Stephen Dilley
March 19, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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If unguided evolution can account for the eye of an eagle, does it make any sense to say that intelligent design is also needed? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 2, 2024

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, behavior, Big Bang, biological complexity, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, convergence, death, diversity, Douglas Axe, environmental conditions, enzymes, equilibrium, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, George Ellis, gravity, initial conditions, intelligent design, laws of nature, leaves, mass-energy, natural selection, Nature (journal), nucleotide sequences, phenotypic plasticity, proteins, quantum physics, Rope Kojonen, Second Law of Thermodynamics, stem cells, Stephen Dilley, structuralism, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series), theistic evolution, thermodynamics}

Physics and Chemistry Could Not Give Rise to Biology

_{Emily Reeves
January 2, 2024

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The laws of nature provide stable conditions and physical boundaries within which biological outcomes are possible. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

Categories
Archaeology
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Children of Light, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Fire-Maker, intelligent design, interview, King’s College London, Michael Denton, Privileged Species, Seattle, structuralism, The Wonder of Water}

Michael Denton’s Intellectual Evolution

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2018

Archaeology, Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Life’s order,” say biologist Mike Denton, “is written into the very fabric of reality itself. It’s not an add-in. It’s in there from the very beginning.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 25, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, censorship, Christopher Columbus, Confederacy, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, history, Michael Denton, Natural History Museum, Richard Owen, Robert E. Lee, statues, structuralism, V.I. Lenin}

Darwinists Are Practiced in Shuffling Statues

_{David Klinghoffer
August 25, 2017

Evolution, Scientific Freedom

4}

What they did to Richard Owen could teach today’s vandals a thing or two. Read More ›

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post

Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
October 13, 2016

Categories
Biology
Philosophy
Tagged
, __tedited, Aristotle, essence, evo-devo, morphology, speciation, structuralism}

Of the Essence — Denton and Aristotle

_{Sarah Chaffee
October 13, 2016

Biology, Philosophy

4}

An Oxford philosopher argues that in evolutionary developmental biology, the idea of essence isn't necessarily a contradiction. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
February 8, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, cosmic fine-tuning, Nature, Research, science, structuralism}

Natural Life: Cosmological Fine-Tuning as an Argument for Structuralism

_{Michael Denton
February 8, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

If nature is so fine-tuned for life's environment, might the fine-tuning not also include a set of laws of form, geared to actualize the forms of life on earth? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
February 3, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, functionalism, history, Nature, science, structuralism}

Two Views of Biology: Structuralism vs. Functionalism

_{Michael Denton
February 3, 2016

Evolution, Philosophy

5}

A structuralist view suggests the biological realm is undergirded by "crystal-like" primal patterns, specified in the laws of nature. Read More ›

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post

Date
February 1, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Conversations with Michael Denton, Denton, science, structuralism, video}

Conversations with Michael Denton: What Is Structuralism?

_{Science & Culture
February 1, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

How does structuralism relate to the theory of intelligent design? Listen and find out. Read More ›