Tag: J. Scott Turner
Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help
A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt.
Best Books of the Year — Discovery Institute Takes Honors in World Magazine’s “Origins” Category
The year’s top “best” book is Tom Bethell’s Darwin’s House of Cards (Discovery Institute Press).
Purpose and Desire Meets Jerry Coyne: The Evolution of Homeostasis?
Consider one of the simplest kinds of homeostasis — just one part of the regulation of sugar metabolism in E coli.
Under Materialism, No Meaning to Life — and No Life, Either
Biologist Scott Turner’s spot-on phrase, the “Reverse Pinocchio,” captures the idea well.
In Purpose and Desire, Scott Turner Argues that Cognition Is Foundational to Life
The evidence of purpose and design permeate life at every level, and this evidence presents ever increasing challenges to all theories of undirected evolution.