Tag: Antoine Lavoisier
Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?
What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence.
Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science
One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, “natural selection.”
The Modern-Day Phlogiston: Darwinism Explains Everything and Nothing
Leisola and Witt also discuss the well-documented pattern of scientists defending an existing paradigm even after fresh discoveries have turned against it.