Erasmus Darwin – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

16Jan 2023 by Post

Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity

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It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited. Source

06Oct 2022 by Post

Darwin and the Loss of the Enlightenment Paradigm

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As a plethora of books, articles, and TV programs have recently intoned, our almost complete ignorance of the nature of ultimate reality has been laid bare. Source

05Oct 2022 by Post

Erasmus Darwin and Credible Denial

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Consideration of Erasmus Darwin’s writings suggests that his unbelief could well have been father to the thought in the matter of his evolutionary speculations. Source

01Aug 2022 by Post

Darwin and the British Secularist Tradition

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The arresting historical vignette of Darwin’s fraught meeting with Bradlaugh and Aveling at his country retreat would doubtless make for a good TV docudrama. Source

13Jun 2022 by Post

How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Source

20May 2022 by Post

In His New Book, Denton Shows How Science Leads the Charge to Theism

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In his new book, Michael Denton is particularly strong on what he terms “the post-Copernican delusion of mankind’s cosmic irrelevance.” Source

06Mar 2022 by Post

Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking

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Charles Darwin himself exemplified the Argument from Pique, alluded to in past entries in this series, to a tee. Source

09Jan 2022 by Post

The Legacy of Erasmus Darwin

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Erasmus even touched on the theory of natural selection when he concluded that the strongest and most active animals would propagate the species. Source

12Jul 2021 by Post

The Casual Racism of Charles Darwin

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It is certainly startling to see the N-word cropping up in Darwin’s letters, but this is not the only place. Source

27Oct 2020 by Post

When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science

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Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science. Source