Tag: materialism
In a Weekend Doubleheader, Gilder Warns of Silicon Valley and the Planetary Zoo
Reducing the stature and dignity of human beings to that of animals is the whole project of Darwinism or materialism, whatever you want to call it, in a nutshell.
Watch: Biologist Michael Denton on Photosynthesis and Planetary Design
To fully grasp Denton’s thesis is to wipe clean the smear of dull complacency that materialism tirelessly spreads.
The Case of Tim Peake Shows the Perils of “Awe”
Astronaut Tim Peake raised British eyebrows by seeming to endorse intelligent design.
Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment
A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete.
Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?
Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy.