Tag: Thomas Aquinas

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 23, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, aesthetic judgments, Anthony O’Hear, beauty, Boethius, C. S. Lewis, chemistry, classical Christian education, Douglas fir trees, education, evergreen forests, Fibonacci sequence, Johannes Kepler, John Frame, Junius Johnson, Kevin Clark, natural philosophy, old books, On the Incarnation, Pacific Northwest, physics, prayer, Ravi Jain, remembering, Roman philosophers, Science and Beauty (series), St. Athanasius, stem, Surprised by Joy, The Father of Lights, The Liberal Arts Tradition, The Weight of Glory, Third Law of Planetary Motion, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Western redcedars}

Physical Beauty, Mathematical Beauty, Scientific Beauty

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 23, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Fifteen centuries ago, when he was falsely accused of treason, exiled from his home, and awaiting his execution, Boethius consoled himself with those words. Read More ›

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Author
Kyle Dillon

Date
July 21, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaequatio intellectus ad pulchrum, adaequatio intellectus ad rem, Alvin Plantinga, Artemis II, astronomers, astronomy, beauty, Emmanuel Kant, First Law of Planetary Motion, geocentric model, Harmonice Mundi, Harmonies of the World, heliocentric model, Henri Poincaré, Holy Grail, Johannes Kepler, Justice Potter Stewart, mathematical formulas, Mortimer Adler, NASA, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, Science and Beauty (series), scientific revolution, Supreme Court, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

Beauty and Science: Canvas of the Great Creator

_{Rev. Kyle A. Dillon
July 21, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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When Johannes Kepler discovered that his mathematical formula perfectly matched his experimental observations, he was euphoric. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 18, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Catholics, Creation or Evolution? A Catholic Dilemma, Darwinian evolution, evolution, evolutionary paradigm, Father Michael Chaberek, ID the Future, intelligent design, logic, modern science, origin of life, philosophy, podcast, science-faith synthesis, scientific evidence, Steve Greene, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Found: A Robust Basis for Science-Faith Synthesis

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The many scientific shortcomings of the evolutionary account force us to confront some logical and philosophical challenges. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, biology, Birkbeck College, C. W. Howell, causation, Christian teaching, Christians, David Bentley Hart, demiurge, Designer Science, Edward Feser, formal cause, formal principle, gnosticism, God's Grandeur, history, intelligent design, intrinsic purpose, logos, materialism, metaphysics, natural processes, natural selection, philosophy, physics, Plato, primary sources, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Sternberg, scholars, Socrates, Sophia Connell, teleology, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

Designer Science Misrepresents Aristotle and Ignores Church History

_{Brian Miller
May 28, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics

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C. W. Howell contrasts intelligent design with what he believes is Aquinas’ and Aristotle’s understanding of teleology (purpose) in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 27, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Aristotle, C. W. Howell, capitalism, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Daniel Kuebler, Darwin and Doctrine, Designer Science, Edward Feser, faith and science, Fr. Michael Chaberek, Franciscan University of Steubenville, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, James R. Hofmann, Jerry Coyne, Karl Marx, Logan Gage, metaphysics, Michael Behe, philosophers, poor design, purpose, Robert Koons, theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, unintelligent entities, William Dembski}

Designer Science Repeats Common Misunderstandings of Thomas Aquinas

_{Brian Miller
May 27, 2026

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Aquinas argues that intelligence is recognized precisely because unintelligent entities achieve purposeful ends only when directed by an intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Algernon Sidney, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, Bible, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Cicero, College of Philadelphia, conscience, Declaration of Independence, Founders, George Washington, gravity, James Wilson, John Adams, John Calvin, John Locke, Martin Luther, Mere Christianity, Moral Law, Nature, reason, Richard Hooker, Romans, Supreme Court, Ten Commandments, The Abolition of Man, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Two Treatises of Government, U.S. Constitution}

The Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God

_{John G. West
March 9, 2026

Ethics, Faith & Science

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The “Laws of Nature” are those truths about reality that all well-formed human beings have access to through observation, reason, and conscience. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 6, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, cancer, Christianity, Christians, clockmaker, codes, death, DNA, faith, God the Science the Evidence, Granville Sewell, Guide for the Perplexed, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Justin Brierley, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Maimonides, Michel-Yves Bolloré, Middle Ages, National Review, Olivier Bonnassies, podcasters, proofs, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholicism, Science and Culture Today, Scott Adams, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, The God Proofs, The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God., theologians, theology, Thomas Aquinas, universe, Warfare Thesis, young people}

Hidden or Revealed? Two New Guides for the Perplexed

_{David Klinghoffer
January 6, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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As many already know, the beloved podcaster Scott Adams, beset by cancer, is wavering on death’s portal. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 15, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antony Flew, Barbara Forrest, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Cicero, creationism, creator, David dewolf, Edwards v. Aguillard, Eugenie Scott, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Fred Hoyle, intelligent agent, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, John E. Jones, John Haught, John West, Jonathan Witt, Kitzmiller v. Dover, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Michael Polanyi, molecular machines, New York Times, Of Pandas and People, Pennsylvania, philosophy, religion, Richard Dawkins, scientific method, Scott Minnich, Supreme Court, Ten Myths About Dover, textbooks, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Thomas Aquinas, William Dembski, William Paley}

Ten Myths About Dover: No. 7, “Showed ID Is ‘Religious’ and a Form of ‘Creationism’”

_{Casey Luskin
December 15, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Is intelligent design actually religious? Is it a form of Christianity? We can immediately see that it is not. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Antarctica, Arctic, Aristotle, bacterial flagellum, bats, biology, biosphere, blood-clotting cascade, blubber, cetaceans, Chance and Necessity, CHNOPS, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, duality, emergence, Erwin Schrödinger, feathers, function, Jaques Monod, language, marine iguanas, Mass, Michael Behe, penguins, physical reality, property, science of purpose, scientism, specified irreducible complexity, structure, structure-function relationship, telos, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism}

How Life Becomes Comprehensible: A New Scientific Framework

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 4, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design

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The duality of emergence and specified irreducible complexity must be discarded. In doing so, we create a framework compatible with Thomistic Aristotelianism. Read More ›