Category: Culture
Catholics and Intelligent Design, Part Three
Rather than high tech teleo-mechanistic philosophy, ID draws on elements from both the Aristotelian and teleo-mechanist traditions, but doesn’t fit wholly in either camp. It is in many ways a tertium quid, a third possibility.
NCSE Tries to Blacklist Synthese for Upholding Civility (Updated)
Because the editors of Synthese stood up for civilty, they are now facing the same punishment that the NCSE has been using on the ID movement for years: They are being blacklisted by the Darwin lobby.
If Discussing Criticisms of Darwin’s Theory Amounts to Promoting Intelligent Design . . .
You’d have to call an awful lot of prominent scientists ID supporters.
NCSE’s Steve Newton and the “Creationism” Gambit
Steve Newton loves to conflate academic freedom to critique evolution with “creationism.” What’s this all about?
Catholics and Intelligent Design, Part Two
A misinterpretation of Thomas here is one source of the opposition of some Thomists to ID; Thomas, simply put, was not strictly an Aristotelian.