Tag: David Hume
From Darwinists, a Shift in Tone on Nanomachines
The shift in tone from then to now is remarkable. What happened to the awe these systems used to inspire?
The Book That Launched a Thousand Barbs
Briefly, the design inference (the method rather than the book) identifies two features as essential for eliminating chance: improbability and specification.
On Darwinism and the Abdication of Reason
It is a pity that Darwin’s homeland no longer boasts a satirist of the caliber of Thomas Love Peacock to exploit this rich seam of comic absurdity.
How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind
Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans.
Philosopher Looks for a Way to Redefine Free Will
Julian Baggini’s proposed new approach assumes the existence of the very qualities that only a traditional view of the mind offers.