Aquinas Type post Author Michael Egnor Date April 12, 2021 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , atheism, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, deductive proof, dinosaurs, gravitational field, inductive reasoning, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jerry Coyne, Jesus Christ, Manhattan, natural science, New York State, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns, wolves Why an Argument for God’s Existence Is Scientific Michael Egnor April 12, 2021 Faith & Science 4 Atheist evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is a fountain of nonsensical arguments against the existence of God. Read More ›
unicorn-hunt Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 12, 2019 CategoriesCosmologyFaith & SciencePhilosophy Tagged , __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns Essence and Existence in Modern Science Michael Egnor October 12, 2019 Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy 6 St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›
Unicorn Type post Author Michael Egnor Date October 11, 2019 CategoriesFaith & ScienceMetaphysicsPhilosophyScientific Reasoning Tagged , __edited, Aristotle, atheistic naturalism, bias, cat, Christianity, dog, essence, existence, faith, Fluffy, kittens, reality, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns, Venn diagram Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics Michael Egnor October 11, 2019 Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning 6 I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description. Read More ›
robot-philosophy Type post Author Jay W. Richards Date April 16, 2018 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophyPhysics Tagged , __k-review, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, Ghana, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, strong AI, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers Jay W. Richards April 16, 2018 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics 6 Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›
Monoceros secondary Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date September 7, 2017 CategoriesFine-tuningPhysical SciencesPhysicsScience Tagged , __k-review, Adam Frank, Barry Arrington, Darwinism, Donald Hoffman, George Ellis, Jason Rosenhouse, Joe Silk, Karl Popper, Massimo Pigliucci, Michael Keas, multiverse, Natalie Wolchover, Sabine Hossenfelder, unicorns, William of Ockham Question for Multiverse Theorists: To What Can Science Appeal if Not Evidence? Denyse O’Leary September 7, 2017 Fine-tuning, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science 10 They could just as well say that whatever created horses created unicorns, too. Read More ›