Tag: Thomistic philosophy

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 6, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Catholic philosophers, Darwinism, evolution, faith and science, intelligent design, Logan Gage, non-Catholics, Ohio, philosophers, Roman Catholicism, Springfield, St. Thomas Aquinas, The Kiffness, Thomistic philosophy}

Logan Gage: Intelligent Design in a Thomistic Perspective

_{David Klinghoffer
September 6, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Dr. Gage warns against “psychologizing those that disagree with us. Especially as philosophers, we don't like to do this." Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 18, 2025

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, biology, cancer, Evolution News, faith and science, humans, ID the Future, intentionality, materialism, mechanism, mechanistic view, medical school, molecular level, oncologists, organisms, physical law, physical world, podcast, purpose, random processes, Stephen Iacoboni, Stuart Kauffman, Telos: The Scientific Basis for a Life of Purpose, Thomistic philosophy}

Stephen Iacoboni: Finding Purpose in Medicine and Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 18, 2025

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Ultimately, Dr. Iacoboni aims to help his fellow physicians escape the “suffocating boundaries of mechanism and materialism.” Read More ›

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Date
August 31, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common descent, debates, evolution, genus, ID the Future, intelligent design, macroevolution, Michael Behe, nature, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, Roman Catholic, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy}

Behe Debates the Limits of Darwinian Evolution

_{Science and Culture
August 31, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Any evolution beyond the level of genus — for instance, the separate families containing cats and dogs — cannot be achieved through mindless Darwinian mechanisms. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Bernardo Kastrup, birds, cephalopods, Christianity, consciousness, dreaming, general relativity, gravitational waves, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, mammals, mental states, Michael Egnor, neocortex, protists, rapid eye movement, REM sleep, sensory organs, spiders, thermostat, Thomistic philosophy}

Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor

_{Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, abortion, act, actuality, adults, Albert Einstein, Aristotle, baby, genius, gestation, human being, Jerry Coyne, life, possibilities, potency, potentiality, rational thought, soul, Thomistic philosophy, zygote}

Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?

_{Michael Egnor
May 16, 2022

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Life Sciences, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Arjuna, authority, Big Bang, consciousness, David Papineau, Hinduism, King’s College London, magic, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Theology Unleashed, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic dualism, Thomistic philosophy}

Egnor Debates Materialism with Philosopher of Science David Papineau

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Egnor: “Do you want me to explain Thomistic dualism to you?...David, do you not know how St. Thomas explained intentionality?” Papineau: “Uh, no.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 16, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, Edward Feser, Etienne Gilson, Five Ways, Jacques Maritain, Summa Contra Gentiles, Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic philosophy}

Reading Suggestions for Aquinas’ Five Ways

_{Michael Egnor
October 16, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy

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Our perspective is supported by a rigorous and elegant metaphysical framework, which began with Plato and particularly Aristotle. Read More ›