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19Sep 2022 by Post

Behe Answers Best Objections to Irreducible Complexity

Alvin Plantinga, bacterial flagellum, biology, blind evolution, blood clotting cascade, Darwin's Black Box, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Lehigh University, molecular machines, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Philosophy for the People, Podcast, science

Following the philosopher Alvin Plantinga, Pat Flynn says that some of the attacks on Behe have been hysterical, but some have been more thoughtful. Source

21Jun 2022 by Post

Italian Center on Intelligent Design Holds Launch Event

Austria, Bechly, Carlo Alberto Cossano, Center for Biocomplexity and Natural Teleology, Center for Science & Culture, Cesare Lombroso, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, criminals, Discovery Institute, Dissent from Darwinism, Events, Evolution, Ferdinando Catalano, Galileo Galilei, Giuseppe Sermonti, Human Zoos, Intelligent Design, Italy, John West, Kingdom of Italy, Marco Respinti, philosophers, scientists, theologians, Turin, University of Molise, University of Padua, YouTube videos

The city of Turin was an especially fitting place for the public launch of a group focusing on intelligent design. Source

18Apr 2022 by Post

Berlinski Talks with Metaxas Momentarily!

David Berlinski, Eric Metaxas Show, Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, mathematicians, philosophers, Radio

This is quite the combination of minds and personalities: David Berlinski will be on the Eric Metaxas Show today at noon. Source

06Mar 2022 by Post

Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking

ancient Greeks, Argument from Pique, Aristotelian tradition, atomists, automatism, Baruch Spinoza, bio-logic, Charles Darwin, Christian de Duve, Christianity, Darwin and the Victorian Crisis of Faith (series), Darwin’s Unfinished Business, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, Faith & Science, freethinking, Life Sciences, logos, magical thinking, moral sensibility, nous, philosophers, Simon Powell, supernatural, Thomas Malthus

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

13Aug 2021 by Post

Croft, Continued: More Thoughts on Meyer’s Debate with a Skeptic

aliens, background knowledge, car break-in, debate, Fran Lebowitz, IBE, inference to the best explanation, Intelligent Design, James Croft, motives, philosophers, philosophy, reductio ad absurdum, Return of the God Hypothesis, sensory experience, Skeptics, Stephen Meyer, Substack, William Dembski, windshield

I think he’s mistaken my emphasis in the specific car break-in examples I gave, namely that the burglars’ behavior was odd and unpredictable. Source

06Aug 2021 by Post

God Hypothesis: The Problem of Background Knowledge

Bayesian reasoning, breadcrumbs, car break-in, Charles Lyell, Charles Sanders Peirce, Croatia, Croatians, Delta variant, Faith & Science, Fran Lebowitz, God Hypothesis, Hansel and Gretel, inference to the best explanation, Intelligent Design, James Croft, Lydia McGrew, masks, Michael Scriven, philosophers, puppy, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Substack, Thomas Crisp

The wet-washcloth sensation of puppy tongue on baby cheeks is part of the baby’s evidence that Puppy exists. Source

01Aug 2021 by Post

Michael Behe: What About “Bad” Designs in Biology? And Other Questions

"poor design", academic freedom, biology, Intelligent Design, Jim Madden, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Thomists

Also in the mix, the issue of academic pressure to distance oneself from ID, even before those involved understand what the theory actually is. Source

31Jul 2021 by Post