Tag: Daniel Dennett
Jay Richards: The Many Dilemmas of Materialism
When you go off to an elite college today, you’re expected to think about the most important questions as if it were true that only material things exist.
Philosophers Want Back into Science
One might call the 20th century a “philosopher of the gaps” period, with scientists basking in the headlines and philosophy finding less and less to do.
From Swamidass on Chloroquine Resistance, a Response that Doesn’t Respond
Swamidass’s response doesn’t address our main arguments, but he indicates he is impressed by what Darwinian mechanisms accomplished in generating chloroquine resistance.
Alfred Russel Wallace’s Greatest Journey
Wallace’s formulation of evolution was quite incompatible with Darwin’s. His theory might be called intelligent evolution.
Listen: Turner, Meyer, and Bernard’s Dangerous Idea
“There is intelligence that underlies the evolutionary process. You cannot explain it without that.”