Tag: J. Scott Turner
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.
Biologist Scott Turner’s Purpose and Desire, In His Own Words
If Turner is right, the clockwork, mechanistic, DNA-centric model may have met its match.
Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is
Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism.
Scott Turner’s Darwin-Skeptical Purpose and Desire Wins Praise from the New York Times
A “notable” addition to the Darwin literature, a “good read and a strong pitch” – agreed, though we’d go further. If Turner is right, his argument would change everything.