Tag: tautology

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
February 24, 2026

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Aristotle, athens, biology, C.S. Lewis, change over time, Democritus, DNA, dynamis, eidos, energeia, evolution, From Logos to Bios, George Gaylord Simpson, H. B. Whittington, Heraclitus, history, Jerusalem, Leucippus, Lev Berg, Malcolm Gordon, metaphysics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nomogenesis, philosophy, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Plato, Plotinus, potentiality, Pythagoras, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, tautology, Tertullian, The Selfish Gene, universal common descent, Western thought, Wynand de Beer}

Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer

_{Michael Flannery
February 24, 2026

Biology, Evolution, Philosophy

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An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
February 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, atoms, BIO-Complexity, civilization, computers, Darwinists, disorder, earth, encyclopedias, entropy, equations, evolution, information, intelligence, intelligent design, iPhones, machines, order, physics, probability, Science and Culture Today, Second Law of Thermodynamics, solar energy, sun, tautology, tornado}

A Friend Asks: For Darwin Skeptics, What Does the Second Law Argument Accomplish?

_{Granville Sewell
February 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The only law of science that the development of civilization on a barren planet could violate is the (generalized) second law of thermodynamics. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 25, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, evolution, genomes, James Shapiro, living cells, meaning, natural selection, panpsychism, Philip Ball, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, purpose, random mutation, tautology}

Now, Here’s a Theory of Evolution Based on Cellular “Thinking”

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 25, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Note how far we are from the world of Darwin’s followers now, while still staying with the evidence. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, BIO-Complexity, Biological Information: New Perspectives, civilization, Darwinists, disorder, entropy, human intelligence, Mathematical Intelligencer, Moon, multiverse, natural forces, open system, order, physical constants, Physics Essays, probability, Second Law of Thermodynamics, specified complexity, sun, tautology, temperature, William A. Dembski}

Life and the Underlying Principle Behind the Second Law of Thermodynamics

_{Granville Sewell
March 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics, Technology

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This seem to be extremely improbable: “From a lifeless planet, there arose spaceships capable of flying to its moon and back safely.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 23, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, Berra's Blunder, Caltech, Cassini mission, chemical evolution, Cornell University, Doubts About Darwin, evolution, Evolution News, human technology, laws of nature, Lee Cronin, multicellularity, On the Origin of Species, Robert Hazen, selection, tautology, Thomas Woodward, Titan, Tova Forman, University of Glasgow}

Darwinism Needs Laws to Look Scientific; Cronin and Hazen Stand Ready to Serve

_{David Coppedge
October 23, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Desperate to justify their worldview as legitimate, some Darwinians are making up new “laws of nature” to appear smiling inside the big tent of science. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 4, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, anthropologists, cosmic fine-tuning, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, miracle, Ola Hössjer, Robert J. Marks II, tautology}

Egnor: Weak Anthropic Principle Is Merely a Tautology

_{David Klinghoffer
October 4, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Physical Sciences

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The fine-tuning of the universe from the Big Bang, astounding in its precision, either requires an explanation, presumably intelligent design, or it doesn’t. Read More ›

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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, tautology, teleology, vitalism}

Scott Turner Describes the Largely Forgotten History of Evolutionary Theory

_{Brian Miller
April 16, 2021

Biology, Evolution

6}

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

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, adaptation, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, atheism, barnacles, Cambridge, Cambridge University, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, England, evolution, Gregor Mendel, James Moore, Jerry Coyne, Louis Pasteur, On the Origin of Species, Paul Ehrlich, pilgrimage, tautology, theocracy}

Darwinian Faith and Fetish

_{Michael Egnor
August 20, 2018

Biology, Evolution

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Andrew Berry, the Harvard biologist who conducts a Darwin pilgrimage each year for undergraduates to Darwin-related sites in England, responds to my recent post. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 10, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, "survival of the fittest", Aristotle, Christians, evolutionary theory, Galen, Harvard University, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, macroevolution, microevolution, On the Origin of Species, Oxford University, Philip Skell, pilgrimage, Poland, tautology, taxonomy, The Descent of Man, thomas}

A Darwinian Pilgrimage

_{Michael Egnor
August 10, 2018

Biology, Evolution

5}

Darwin still has some cachet among design advocates. In this I differ from some of my friends and colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, amoeba, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolutionary theory, evolutionary tree, natural selection, nerve cells, synapses, tautology}

Early Complexity: An Evolutionary Case Study

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 29, 2018

Evolution

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Amoebas contain hundreds of times more DNA than humans, and this “just didn’t make sense.” Read More ›