Tag: Thomas Aquinas | Page 6 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, atheism, Berra's Blunder, Cambridge University Press, coin toss, complex and specified information, creation myth, Darwinists, DNA, evolution, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, life, natural selection, nature, proteins, Skeptical Inquirer, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism, Thomas Aquinas}

Rosenhouse’s Blunder: Another Nonsensical Mathematical Argument Against Intelligent Design

_{Michael Egnor
June 3, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwinist mathematician Jason Rosenhouse uses the analogy of a coin toss to defend the Darwinian explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 12, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Christianity, evolutionary biologists, existence, fact, faith, Jerry Coyne, knowledge, law of non-contradiction, logic, René Descartes, skepticism, theists, thinking, Thomas Aquinas, truth}

Faith in God Is the Only Coherent Basis for Reason

_{Michael Egnor
March 12, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Atheists commonly assert that there is a profound dichotomy between faith and reason. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
January 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, Charles Darwin, Charles Darwin and the Ghost of Epicurus (series), Cicero, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Galen, intelligent design, Lucretius, Phoenix, Plato, pre-Socratic philosophers, Stoics, Thomas Aquinas}

The Enlightenment (Re)turn to Atomism

_{Neil Thomas
January 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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What distinguished thinkers had long called out for its manifest absurdity was now, Phoenix-like, rising from the ashes. Read More ›

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Author
John Zmirak

Date
October 28, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, Cambrian Explosion, carbon, Charles Darwin, Christopher Hitchens, Eric Metaxas, Garden of Eden, Is Atheism Dead?, Karl Marx, Mount Rushmore, multiverse, New Atheists, oxygen, Richard Dawkins, Sigmund Freud, Thomas Aquinas}

Reasons to Believe: Eric Metaxas’s Powerful New Book, Is Atheism Dead?

_{John Zmirak
October 28, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Eric doesn’t just know the relevant books, but he knows most of the living authors, whose findings strip away the accumulated varnish of atheist materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 27, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, atheism, Big Bang, black holes, general relativity, infinity, justice, Matt Dillahunty, mercy, Michael Egnor, morality, supernatural, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, zero}

Are Singularities a Part of Science?

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 27, 2021

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Physical Sciences

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"Any paper that discusses or describes singularities in the field equations of general relativity is discussing extra-natural objects." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 22, 2021

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, brain, cerebral cortex, consciousness, evolution, Jerry Coyne, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, physicalism, robots, Science Uprising, Thomas Aquinas}

Where and What Is Consciousness?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 22, 2021

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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If humans are just “robots made of meat,” then the seat of consciousness ought to be locatable somewhere in the brain. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aristotle, biological machines, co-option, epigenetics, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, meaning, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Systems Biology, Thomas Aquinas}

Michael Behe on Meaning Detection in Language, and More

_{Science & Culture
July 31, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Intelligent design pioneer Michael Behe continues his conversation with philosophers Pat Flynn and Jim Madden. Read More ›

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Date
July 27, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aquinas’ Fifth Way, Darwin Devolves, ID the Future, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, podcast, Science, Thomas Aquinas}

Biologist Michael Behe Tangles with Two Philosophers

_{Science & Culture
July 27, 2021

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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Pat Flynn and Jim Madden press Behe with objections — some philosophic, others scientific — to see how well his position stands up to scrutiny. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2021

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Big Bang, black holes, causes, David Papineau, dualism, electrons, G.K. Chesterton, general relativity, materialism, materialists, neuroscience, quantum entanglement, quantum mechanics, space-time, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Is the Universe Causally Closed?

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2021

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Materialists argue that dualism of mind and brain is not possible because of causal closure — by which they mean that all physical effects have physical causes. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, authority, Big Bang, consciousness, David Papineau, Hinduism, King’s College London, magic, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic dualism, Thomistic philosophy}

Egnor Debates Materialism with Philosopher of Science David Papineau

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Egnor: “Do you want me to explain Thomistic dualism to you?...David, do you not know how St. Thomas explained intentionality?” Papineau: “Uh, no.” Read More ›