Author: Michael Denton
Two Views of Biology: Structuralism vs. Functionalism
A structuralist view suggests the biological realm is undergirded by “crystal-like” primal patterns, specified in the laws of nature.
What the Galápagos Finches Tell Us About Evolution
While Darwin’s finches demonstrate that natural selection can generate small degrees of adaptive change, they also reveal sharp limits to the mechanism.
Aristotle Rediscovered: What Exactly Is the "Mechanism" for Intelligent Design?
Discovery Institute’s Chairman of the Board, Bruce Chapman, asks me how the direction in nature’s evolution was imparted.
A Maze with One Exit: Why Evolution Had No Choice
Our Discovery Institute colleague Bruce Chapman writes to me to ask the following question.
Prometheus Unbound: The Fitness of Nature for Large Trees
One of the critical requirements for sustainable fires, sufficiently hot to smelt metal ores, is wood.