Philosophers Want Back into Science

_{Science and Culture
April 11, 2019

Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do. Read More ›

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Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur C. Clarke, awe, bats, Captain Dave Anderson, convergent evolution, Darwinian theory, dolphins, echolocation, genes, Germany, golf ball, Illustra Media, Living Waters, mammals, Michael Ruse, molecular evolution, mutations, natural selection, neutral evolution, ping-pong ball, purifying selection, Science Advances, Thomas Kuhn, toothed whales, whales, wonder}

Awe at Echolocation? Nah, Convergence Again

_{Science and Culture
October 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The passionate focus on evolutionary relationships in biology papers tends to obscure awe at the wonders in life. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexander Fleming, antibiotic resistance, atheism, BIO-Complexity, bioengineering, Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, materialism, Matti Leisola, pesticides, Philip Skell, Richard Lewontin, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution, The New York Review of Books, The Scientist, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn}

Correspondence: A Father, an Atheist Son, and Darwin Heretic Matti Leisola

_{Jonathan Witt
August 9, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The father had sent his son a copy of our book, urging him to read it so the two could discuss the evidence and arguments there. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 2, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexander Fleming, Alfred Russel Wallace, Archimedes, Arthur Koestler, Charles Darwin, creationism, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Edinburgh University, evolution, history, intelligent evolution, natural theology, On the Origin of Species, penicillin, R.H. Barfield, Sherrie Lyons, socialism, South America, spiritualism, teleology, Thomas Kuhn, Victorians, William Paley}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey

_{Michael Flannery
August 2, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 11, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Sociology
Tagged
, __k-review, Dover trial, elitism, eugenics, Expelled (movie), foxes, intelligent design, Internet, Lewis Wolpert, lions, Michael Ruse, multiverse, post-modernism, pseudoscience, Reformation, Steve Fuller, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, University of Warwick}

Sociologist Steve Fuller: How ID Foxes Can Beat the Darwinian Lions

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 11, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Sociology

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University of Warwick sociologist Steve Fuller is one of the few researchers in his field who knows much about intelligent design and the controversy it ignites. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 13, 2018

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, Expelled (movie), Facebook, Finland, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Witt, Louis Pasteur, March for Science, Matti Leisola, Nicolaus Copernicus, science, social media, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Twitter, Washington DC}

Imagine Copernicus, Newton, Pasteur “Marching for Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 13, 2018

Scientific Freedom

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Jonathan Witt: “In the M4S subculture, dissent is a thought crime.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, Charles Darwin, conformity, conservative, creativity, evolution, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, paradigm, reputation, Research, science, scientists, Thomas Kuhn, University of Cambridge}

Science Philosopher: Science World Beset by “Filters,” “Conformity,” “Hidebound” Thinking

_{David Klinghoffer
October 19, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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How often have we heard the stale line about how science adores fresh thinking that topples past idols? Read More ›

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Date
May 1, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Journal of Experimental Biology, Michael Behe, St. George Jackson Mivart, Thomas Kuhn}

Japanese Silkworm Researcher Takes on Michael Behe, Proposing “Reducible Complexity”

_{Science and Culture
May 1, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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The author acknowledges major longstanding debates about evolution and offers “certain essential avenues for deciphering the origin of complex adaptive traits.” Read More ›

Aerial view showcasing a dense collection of assorted books piled together in a chaotic arrangement

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
April 4, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alvin Plantinga, defining evolution, defining terms, failure to elucidate, fallacy of ambiguity, intelligent design, Jay Richards, nanotechnology, Normal Science, rhetorical strategies, Thomas Kuhn, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

What Textbooks Say about the “Randomness” at the Heart of Darwinian Theory

_{Michael Flannery
April 4, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Plantinga has decided that modern evolution is whatever he chooses to make it by citing his favored sources. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 2, 2012

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alvin Plantinga, appearance of design, Asa Gray, BioLogos, Christianity, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, defining science, defining terms, Elliott Sober, equivocation, evidence, evolution, explanations, failure to elucidate, fallacy of ambiguity, flagellum, integration, intelligent design, material cause, Michael Behe, mutations, naturalism, Normal Science, point mutations, random, randomness, reductio ad absurdum, Scientia, scientific theory, teleology, theism, Thomas Kuhn, Where the Conflict Really Lies}

What’s in a Word? “Randomness” in Darwinism and the Scientific Theory of Evolution

_{Jay W. Richards
April 2, 2012

Evolution, Faith & Science

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This is the third in a series of reviews of Alvin Plantinga's important new book, Where the Conflict Really Lies. Read More ›