DSC02355-LegendofAataentsic30956029438 Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 24, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceHistorical Sciences Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Darwin, cosmology, Darwinism, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Levine, Lamarckism, Mother Nature, natural preservation, natural selection, natural theology, Ovid, Robert J. Richards, teleology, world spirit Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature Neil Thomas November 24, 2025 Evolution, Faith & Science, Historical Sciences 12 The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Read More ›
natural-selection-is-the-differential-survival-and-reproduct-776983265-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 17, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionScientific Reasoning Tagged , agnosticism, Artificial Selection, breeders, Charles Darwin, Christianity, English, fossil record, George Eliot, HMS Beagle, livestock, metaphors, natural selection, naturalists, Naturphilosophie, Origin of Species, physiology, Quarterly Review, Richard Owen, Samuel Wilberforce, terminology, theology, Victorian England, world spirit What’s in a Name? Darwin’s Confusing Terminology Neil Thomas November 17, 2025 Evolution, Scientific Reasoning 10 In the English language prior to Darwin, “natural selection” was a term used by those who reared animals to denote nature’s serendipity. Read More ›
Darwin's finch Type post Author Neil Thomas Date March 7, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Denis Diderot, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, history, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, 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, 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, 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 ›
