Tag: Thomism

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
June 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", biology, cells, Chance & Necessity, CRISPRs, Daniel Witt, Evolution on Purpose, final cause, foxes, hares, integrons, intelligent design, internal regulatory control networks, James Shapiro, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, materialist paradigm, miracles, Modern Synthesis, molecules, mutations, neo-Darwinian evolution, organisms, organs, Peter Corning, purpose, retroposons, science of purpose, teleology, teleonomy, telos, Thomism, transposons}

From Materialist Biologists, a Profound Capitulation

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
June 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science

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I have warned that one of the few remaining avenues that naturalism can take to rescue its paradigm is to appropriate “purpose” within a materialist framework. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
May 31, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, anticipation, August Weismann, Bible, biosphere, building blocks, causation, Chance and Necessity, chipmunks, cognition, Design Inference, DNA, electromagnetism, Ferrari, final cause, flowering plants, Ford Mustang, Francis Crick, grizzly bear, immanent power, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Hutchison Stirling, Jaques Monod, natural selection, natural theology, necessity, nectar, perch, pollinators, purpose, representational directedness, rodent, science of purpose, telos, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, tuna, William A. Dembski, wolf}

Teleology: Anticipation and Necessity

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
May 31, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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Imagine a primordial grizzly bear on the northern edge of the forest adjacent to the Arctic. His soma senses the differences of the new environment. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
May 19, 2023

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Biola University, body, Center for Science and Culture, consciousness, Discovery Institute, dualism, hylomorphism, J.P. Moreland, materialism, Mereology, panpsychism, philosophy of mind, soul, substance dualism, The Substance of Consciousness, Thomism, University of Texas}

Coming Soon: The Ultimate Defense of Substance Dualism

_{Peter Biles
May 19, 2023

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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J. P. Moreland has written prolifically on the soul and the mind/body issue in the past. In this great volume, his views are cogently articulated and defended. Read More ›

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Date
June 17, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, cosmic fine-tuning, Discovery Institute, ID the Future, Pat Flynn, philosophers, podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Roman Catholic, Stephen Meyer, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, universe}

Meyer: Is Intelligent Design Incompatible with Thomism?

_{Science and Culture
June 17, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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Pat Flynn and Stephen Meyer also discuss the beginning of the universe and the fine-tuning of the cosmos for life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2019

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, cloning, evil, human cloning, in vitro fertilization, Jay Richards, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, pregnancy, rape, Roman Catholic, soul, theology, Thomism}

Jay Richards Responds to Michael Egnor on Cloning

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2019

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

3}

Cloning a human being is a terrifying prospect, from a moral perspective, and seems inevitable. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 1, 2019

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, bacterium, cardiology, cryptography, DNA, Dyson Sphere, intelligent design, molecular genetics, organisms, quantum mechanics, SETI, teleology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

What Is Intelligent Design? A Thomistic Perspective

_{Michael Egnor
March 1, 2019

Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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What is it, metaphysically one might say, that distinguishes design in the ID sense from ubiquitous teleological design, in a Thomistic sense? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 13, 2018

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, body, compounds, computers, elements, Father Michael Chaberek, humans, intelligent design, man, oceans, soul, substance, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, thoughts}

New Website Aquinas.Design Provides Insight into Nature and the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
August 13, 2018

Botany, Faith & Science, Metaphysics

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Father Michael Chaberek helped me (a passionate but amateur Thomist!) understand an issue that perplexed me for years. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 27, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aquinas and Evolution, Aquinas.design, Aristotelianism, atheism, Catholicism and Evolution, Darwinism, Darwinists, evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, hylomorphism, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, materialism, Phillip E. Johnson, quantum mechanics, quantum physics, Richard Lewontin, Roman Catholic, Scientific Enlightenment, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Werner Heisenberg}

A Superb New Website: Introducing Aquinas.Design

_{Michael Egnor
July 27, 2018

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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There is an ongoing debate about intelligent design in the Thomist system. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __k-review, action potentials, artifacts, cochlea, Darwinists, ear, intelligent design, machine, natural philosophy, nervous system, piano, Rockefeller University, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Thomists, transducer}

Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 22, 2018

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, brain, Cartesian dualism, emergence, Houdini, hylemorphism, materialism, matter, mind, neurons, neurotransmitters, ontology, res cogitans, res extensa, soul, Thomism, water}

“Emergence” and the Soul

_{Michael Egnor
January 22, 2018

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Emergence, as a perceptual surprise, can’t explain the mind because emergence presupposes the mind. Read More ›