Tag: Templeton Foundation

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 10, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, Aristotle, Ashgate, Being as Communion, blueprints, Brian Krouse, Claude Shannon, engineers, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Holy Spirit, information, informational realism, language, logos, metaphysics, mind-body problem, musicians, My Personal History with Information (series), No Free Lunch, ontology, painters, Plato, Robert J. Marks II, sculptors, Templeton Foundation, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, Trinitarian God}

Being as Communion: The Metaphysics of Information

_{William A. Dembski
October 10, 2026

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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"Painters create information by applying dabs of paint to canvas, sculptors by chiseling away at stone, musicians by writing notes on lined sheets of paper." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cattle, evolution, fairy tale, food, human life, human mind, logic, luck, materialism, Nautilus, pop psychology, rationality, reproduction, survival of the fittest, Templeton Foundation}

Materialism Is Sounding Super Tired Lately

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2025

Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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This sort of cross between a fairy tale and pop psychology helps pop science readers pass the time while listening to the latest announcement of a flight delay. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
April 21, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Associated Press, Christianity, elitism, evolution, George Weigel, intelligent design, materialism, media, National Review, newspapers, Pope Francis, religion, Roman Catholic, secularism, sexual misbehavior, Templeton Foundation, Vatican City, young people}

Pope Francis, Evolution, and the Curia

_{Bruce Chapman
April 21, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is “just another office down the street,” as one Vatican insider told me. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, dehumanization, evolutionary theory, Holy Grail, humans, humanzee, Nautilus, pain, Rob Sheldon, Soviet Union, Templeton Foundation, University of Washington, worms}

Return (Yet Again) of the Humanzee

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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So it comes down to a war on the human soul. Now, here’s the interesting part: Humans are self-evidently unique. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 16, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian gradualism, David A. Hullender, Denis Noble, Elliott Sober, evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, intelligent design, Modern Synthesis, Neo-Darwinism, Niles Eldredge, Olen R. Brown, probability, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, punctuated equilibrium, Saint Augustine, Stephen Jay Gould, Stephen Meyer, Templeton Foundation}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Cites Stephen Meyer to Critique Darwinian Evolution

_{Casey Luskin
March 16, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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"Many life forms with essentially new body types appeared quickly and without precursors in the Burgess Shale in Kicking Horse Valley in British Columbia." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 24, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, chimpanzees, conversation, Dogs, emotions, Frans de Waal, horses, James Hutton, moral choice, morality, Nautilus, right, Templeton Foundation, University of Vienna, wrong}

Claim: Research Shows Animals Have a Moral Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 24, 2022

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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We are informed at Nautilus, the Templeton Foundation’s magazine, that “ It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.” Really? Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
May 25, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, Apostle Paul, atheism, Charles Darwin, Evolution News, Francis Collins, intelligent design, Jane Goodall, materialism, Peter Singer, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Stephen Meyer, Tanzania, Templeton Foundation, The Descent of Man, theism}

Jane Goodall Meets the God Hypothesis

_{Bethel McGrew
May 25, 2021

Bioethics

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Goodall proves that rejecting materialism is not the end of the story. Even opening up the floor for intelligent design is not the end of the story. Read More ›

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Date
December 21, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, algorithms, DNA, evolution, gratitude, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, Live Science, memory, nuts, origami, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Robert Boyle, squirrels, Stephen Hawking, Templeton Foundation, trees, UC Davis, United Kingdom}

Stocking Stuffers: Smart Squirrels, DNA Origami, and More

_{Science & Culture
December 21, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Here’s a collection of short news items of interest from the animal and human worlds. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __cedited, Adam and Eve, American Scientific Affiliation, BioLogos, Chicago, Evangelical Christians, faith, Genesis, Hebrew, human origins, Roman Catholic, S. Joshua Swamidass, Templeton Foundation, theology}

Adventures in New Places — A Conference on Human Origins

_{Ann Gauger
August 9, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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I asked fairly innocuous questions, realizing that I was being allowed to participate as long as I didn’t cause strife. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 12, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, Columbia University, consciousness, Cosmos (series), evidence, fake news, falsifiability, hype, illusions, multiverse, naturalism, Normal Science, Occam's Razor, panspermia, Peter Woit, post-truth, Scientific American, scientific reliability, simulation theory, Templeton Foundation}

How Naturalism Rots Science from the Head Down

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 12, 2017

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The prevalence of, for example, fake physics, shows that we are in the midst of a philosophical decline. Read More ›