Tag: historical sciences
Answering an Objection: “You Can’t Measure Intelligent Design”
We test intelligent design in the same way that we test all historical scientific theories.
Honoring Richard Lewontin, Famed Evolutionary Biologist and Sometime Critic of His Own Field
The quote for which Lewontin has become best known appeared in his 1997 review of a book by Carl Sagan.
Biology as Engineering: The Way Forward
A giraffe grows from a zygote to an 18-foot-tall adult while keeping its organs and systems coordinated. Limits to variation is a significant point to clarify.
Listen: Kirk Durston on Fantasy Science and Scientism
One example of fantasy science, according to Durston, is the multiverse.
Biophysicist and Philosopher Kirk Durston on Experimental, Inferential, and Fantasy Science
In a conversation with host Andrew McDiarmid, Dr. Durston describes how abductive reasoning can be used as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information.