Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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Thomas Aquinas

NGC-4696
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Michael Egnor
Date
February 12, 2018
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Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physics
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Cosmic Fine-Tuning and the Problem of Evil

Michael Egnor
February 12, 2018
Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physics
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"Cosmopsychism might seem crazy," says philosopher Phillip Goff, "but it provides a robust explanatory model for how the universe became fine-tuned for life." Read More ›
Descartes
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Michael Egnor
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January 17, 2018
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Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
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Descartes’s Blunder

Michael Egnor
January 17, 2018
Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy
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What is it that we are most sure of? It’s a fundamental question, the object of philosophical analysis for millennia. Read More ›
St-thomas-aquinas
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David Klinghoffer
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January 10, 2018
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Faith & Science
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“Thomists Versus Thomas”

David Klinghoffer
January 10, 2018
Faith & Science
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Remarkably parallel struggles go on, as well, in Protestant and Jewish circles, whether the debate focuses on C.S. Lewis or Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo or Samson Raphael Hirsch. Read More ›
red rose
materialism
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Michael Egnor
Date
January 4, 2018
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Philosophy
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Redness Reconsidered: Materialism, Universals, and Abstract Objects of Thought

Michael Egnor
January 4, 2018
Faith & Science, Philosophy
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The question about the material/immaterial nature of abstract thought is crucial to the debate over the plausibility of materialism. Read More ›
Hogans
craniopagus
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
December 10, 2017
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Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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The Craniopagus Twins and Thomistic Dualism

Michael Egnor
December 10, 2017
Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning
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Krista and Tatiana Hogan provide a remarkable opportunity to deepen our understanding of the human mind. Read More ›
face in the stars
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Michael Egnor
Date
August 28, 2017
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Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
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Demons and Multiverses

Michael Egnor
August 28, 2017
Faith & Science, Physical Sciences
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Yale clinical neurologist Dr. Steven Novella posted recently about Dr. Richard Gallagher, a psychiatrist trained at Yale who provides psychiatric consultation services to the Catholic Church. Read More ›
Thomas Aquinas
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Bruce Chapman
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August 25, 2017
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Faith & Science
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New Book Replies to Modern Thomists Who Would Make Peace with Evolution

Bruce Chapman
August 25, 2017
Faith & Science
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There are several reasons that some theists remain reluctant to dispute the Darwinian account of life’s origins — and man’s origins. Read More ›
sunflower
nature
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Author
Michael Egnor
Date
August 9, 2017
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Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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How Is Purpose Related to Teleology in Nature?

Michael Egnor
August 9, 2017
Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Materialist philosopher Joseph Carter denies the existence of teleology in nature, but he is mistaken. Read More ›

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