Tag: Thomism

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, books, Brian Miller, C. W. Howell, conservatism, Delphic oracle, Designer Science, Designer Science (series), evolution, God and Evolution, history, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jay Richards, journalists, lockdowns, Logan Gage, Michael Behe, Michael Chabarek, news angle, news hook, NYU Press, opinions writers, scientism, skepticism, Thomism, thought crime, Tom Bethell, vaccine mandates, William Dembski}

Is Intelligent Design the Root of All Science Skepticism?

_{Casey Luskin
August 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As author C. W. Howell puts it, various ID proponents have sometimes committed the thought crime of “doubting the science consensus outside evolution." Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, Aristotle, biology, Birkbeck College, C. W. Howell, causation, Christian teaching, Christians, David Bentley Hart, demiurge, Designer Science, Edward Feser, formal cause, formal principle, gnosticism, God's Grandeur, history, intelligent design, intrinsic purpose, logos, materialism, metaphysics, natural processes, natural selection, philosophy, physics, Plato, primary sources, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Sternberg, scholars, Socrates, Sophia Connell, teleology, theistic evolution, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism}

Designer Science Misrepresents Aristotle and Ignores Church History

_{Brian Miller
May 28, 2026

Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics

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C. W. Howell contrasts intelligent design with what he believes is Aquinas’ and Aristotle’s understanding of teleology (purpose) in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
December 9, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biology, complementarity, consciousness, David Klinghoffer, dispositionalism, Edward Feser, emergence, Etienne Gilson, final causality, Günter Bechly, Lex Fridman, mathematics, metaphysics, Michael Levin, MIT Press, naturalism, necessity, ontology, origin of life, Peter Corning, Plato's Revenge, purpose, Richard Sternberg, science of purpose, specified irreducible complexity, teleology, teleonomy, telos, Thomism, Tufts University}

Science, Purpose, and Michael Levin: The Discussion Evolves

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 9, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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A leading spiritually agnostic (at least, that is my impression) biology researcher, Michael Levin at Tufts, is himself a proponent of teleology in nature. Read More ›

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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, Daniel Witt, final cause, foxes, intelligent design, James Shapiro, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, materialist paradigm, miracles, Modern Synthesis, molecules, mutations, neo-Darwinian evolution, organisms, organs, Peter Corning, purpose, 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, cognition, Design Inference, DNA, electromagnetism, Ferrari, final cause, flowering plants, Francis Crick, grizzly bear, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jaques Monod, natural selection, natural theology, necessity, nectar, pollinators, purpose, 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, 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 & 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

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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
, __cedited, bacterium, cryptography, DNA, 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
, __cedited, __image, 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

4}

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