Tag: Bertrand Russell
Freethinking Cannot Be Darwinized
An otherwise good essay on the human right to freedom of thought falls into a Darwinian trap of illogical causation.
Fooled by Darwinism: A Scholar’s Cautionary Tale
Neil Thomas links the posturing of atheists Richard Dawkins and Bertrand Russell with the fatalism of poetry stretching back to the Middle Ages, and further.
Replacing Chemistry with Purpose
The core argument of neo-Darwinism is, simply, that evolution, and life on Earth, are the result of random, aka, purposeless chemical reactions.
Qualified Agreement: How Scientific Discoveries Support Theistic Belief
For many intellectuals, a scientifically informed worldview was a materialistic worldview. It is not hard to see why they held this opinion.
Cosmos, Chaos, and a Privileged Address in the Universe
What are we to make of this radical discontinuity between the Earth and the rest of the cosmos?