AchinstrappenguinPygoscelisantarcticusonDeceptionIs Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date January 9, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Abraham, Aristotle, biology, Chance and Necessity, chemistry, Christianity, Darwinism, evolution, God Hypothesis, intelligent design, Jaques Monod, Kansas, laws of nature, Mariusz Tabaczek, materialism, Modern Synthesis, molecular biology, natural processes, naturalism, Neo-Darwinism, Nobel laureates, paradigm, physics, purpose, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific atheism, scientism, St. Thomas Aquinas, teleology, telos, theistic evolution, Thomistic Aristotelianism, Thomists In Biology, Replacing Chance with Purpose Is the New Paradigm Stephen J. Iacoboni January 9, 2026 Evolution, Intelligent Design 6 The history of science begins largely in Western Europe with the overthrow of Thomistic Aristotelianism by René Descartes. Read More ›
AdeliePenguinsoniceberg Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date December 4, 2025 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent Design Tagged , Antarctica, Arctic, Aristotle, bacterial flagellum, bats, biology, biosphere, blood-clotting cascade, blubber, cetaceans, Chance and Necessity, CHNOPS, complementarity, Darwin's Black Box, duality, emergence, Erwin Schrödinger, feathers, function, Jaques Monod, language, marine iguanas, Mass, Michael Behe, penguins, physical reality, property, science of purpose, scientism, specified irreducible complexity, structure, structure-function relationship, telos, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism How Life Becomes Comprehensible: A New Scientific Framework Stephen J. Iacoboni December 4, 2025 Biology, Intelligent Design 7 The duality of emergence and specified irreducible complexity must be discarded. In doing so, we create a framework compatible with Thomistic Aristotelianism. Read More ›
American_mastodon_with_calf Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date January 30, 2025 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionIntelligent DesignMetaphysics Tagged , Andreas Wagner, Anthony Flew, Aristotle, arrival of the fittest, causation, causes, Daniel Witt, Darwin's Black Box, David Gelernter, DNA, Energy, Irreducible Complexity, Jacques Monod, Life Itself, logic, mastodons, matter, Michael Behe, Michael Polanyi, natural law, observation, oxidation, purpose, reduction, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, Stuart Kauffman, subatomic particles, supernovae, T. rex, telos, Thomistic Aristotelianism The Metaphysics of Irreducible Complexity Stephen J. Iacoboni January 30, 2025 Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics 8 The vastness of life’s complexity is no longer unfathomable when seen through the light of purpose. Read More ›
polar bear Type post Author Stephen J. Iacoboni Date April 25, 2024 CategoriesBiologyFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignLife SciencesMetaphysicsPhilosophy Tagged , Aristotelianism, Aristotle, birds, carbon, computers, flowers, form, function, hydrogen, insects, laboratories, life, Life Itself, microscopes, natural law, nature, nectar, nitrogen, oxygen, Plato, polar bears, pollinators, Pythagoras, René Descartes, Robert Rosen, science of purpose, seals, shape, telescopes, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic Aristotelianism, water, wood A Closer Look at Natural Law Stephen J. Iacoboni April 25, 2024 Biology, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy 6 The property of a keen sense of smell allows a polar bear to smell a seal miles away under the ice. Read More ›
