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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
December 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Darwinism, David Berlinski, Down House, England, George Eliot, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Irving Kristol, Jacques Barzun, James D. Watson, Janet Browne, Jews, Protestants, Roman Catholic, The Devil’s Delusion, The New Republic, Thomas Henry Huxley, University of Chicago}

#10 Story of 2020: Farewell to Gertrude Himmelfarb

_{Michael Flannery
December 23, 2020

Evolution

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It is comforting to know that Himmelfarb never lost her intellectual acuity or her moral passion on the subject. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adrian Desmond, African Americans, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, Civil War, Darwinism, Eva Jablonka, evolution, James Moore, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarckian theory, Louis Agassiz, Peter Bowler, Racism, Rutgers University, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, William Graham}

Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand

_{Michael Flannery
November 23, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.” Read More ›

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Date
September 4, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, evolutionists, Herbert Spencer, historiography, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Jerry Coyne, natural theology, Overruling Intelligence, The World of Life, Thomas Henry Huxley, William A. Dembski}

A. R. Wallace Is Evolution’s Last Man Standing

_{Science & Culture
September 4, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Only Wallace’s postulation of an “Overruling Intelligence” to explain the complexities of humanity and nature has stood the test of time. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
January 14, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, African Americans, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Civil War, Darwin Day, Darwin’s Sacred Cause, evolution, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, John Hedley Brooke, Michael Denton, natural selection, Paul Broca, Racism, Richard Owen, Robert Chambers, The Descent of Man, Thomas Henry Huxley, Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation}

Richard Owen and Charles Darwin on Race: A Study in Contrasts

_{Michael Flannery
January 14, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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Darwin was unquestionably a racist, arguing that civilization would advance even at the cost of inevitable racial extermination. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 26, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __edited, Allan Bloom, Antony Flew, atheism, Censor of the Year, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, comedy, Cosmos (series), Darwin's bulldog, Darwinian evolution, Discovery Institute Press, evidence, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Marcos Eberlin, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Plato, poets, Socrates, The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, The Republic, There Is a God, Thomas Henry Huxley, wind}

Origins of a Dictum

_{David Klinghoffer
June 26, 2019

Intelligent Design

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“Follow the evidence wherever it leads.” It's almost the official rallying cry of intelligent design proponents. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
August 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, harmony, hypothesis, intelligent design, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, science, Thomas Henry Huxley, vision}

Darwin’s Rhapsody

_{Paul Nelson
August 30, 2018

Evolution, Metaphysics

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“Evolution” in its deepest sense is a foundational metaphysical commitment, not a scientific theory that one could test. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, climate change, cosmos, evolution, history, ID the Future, ideology, intelligent design, life, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, science, science denial, scientism, Thomas Henry Huxley, X Club}

New Book Offers History as an Antidote to the Paralyzing “Science-Denier” Label

_{David Klinghoffer
August 9, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Whether the subject is evolution or climate change, the purpose of accusing someone of “science-denial” is to keep that person in line. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Quarterly Review, scientism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club}

The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

_{Michael Flannery
August 1, 2018

Evolution, History of Science

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As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
July 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, anagenesis, anthropocentrism, creationism, Darwinism, Ernst Mayr, Günter Wagner, Julian Huxley, natural theology, neo-Darwinian synthesis, Peter Bowler, positivism, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Thomas Henry Huxley, Werner Heisenberg}

The Neo-Darwinian Synthesis: A Fable Told by Ernst Mayr

_{Michael Flannery
July 25, 2018

Evolution

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Mayr worked tirelessly to establish a synthesis bearing the unmistakable stamp of positivism. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 22, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, body plans, common descent, convergent evolution, Elliott Sober, embryonic development, gene expression, genes, homoplasy, organs, Thomas Henry Huxley}

How Embryonic Development Bears on Evolution

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 22, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

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In order for evolution to have occurred as the orthodox theory describes, the intricate embryonic development stages of species must have evolved. Read More ›