Darwin's finch Type post Author Neil Thomas Date March 7, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, D’Alembert’s Dream, Denis Diderot, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, history, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, John A. Moore, Julien Offray de la Mettrie, L’Homme Machine, Lamarckism, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, metaphors, Mother Nature, natural causes, natural selection, nature, On the Origin of Species, philosophes, Steve Laufmann, Steve Stewart-Williams, Thomas Malthus, transmutation, Victorians, world spirit Natural Selection: The Evolution of a Mirage Neil Thomas March 7, 2023 Evolution, Intelligent Design 19 Natural selection reveals itself as not just a metaphor but a mixed one: Nature being dumb but nevertheless capable of discrimination. Read More ›
Ernst Haeckel Type post Author Neil Thomas Date March 22, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , Bible, Christianity, creator, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, Europe, evolution, Germany, history, Jesus Christ, materialism, Naturphilosophie, New Testament, nihilism, Old Testament, On the Origin of Species, Origin of Species: From Discussion Document to Nihilist Dogma (series), Rome, teleology, world spirit As Many Opinions as There Are Men? Neil Thomas March 22, 2022 Evolution, Faith & Science 4 The ideas of Ernst Haeckel, in his youth a hardline Darwinian materialist, were to evolve to a surprising degree. Read More ›
Dawkins-atheist-bus Type post Author Neil Thomas Date January 12, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionLife Sciences Tagged , agnostics, atheism, atomism, Charles Bradlaugh, Charles Darwin, Christianity, down, Edward Aveling, Epicurus, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, George Eliot, HMS Beagle, London, Lucretius, Ludwig Feuerbach, Natural Selection: Discovery or Invention? (series), Naturphilosophie, world spirit Darwinian Theory: Science or Speculative Philosophy? Neil Thomas January 12, 2022 Evolution, Life Sciences 7 Bottom line: Darwin did not have a single scrap of empirical fieldwork to document his conjectures. Read More ›
