Tag: Michael Flannery
Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered
Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology.
Alfred Russel Wallace — New Biography Is a Defeater for Arguments for Theistic Evolution
Wallace broke with Darwin and became, arguably, the founding father of modern intelligent design theory.
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
A.N. Wilson Is Right: “Darwin Was Wrong”
I enjoyed Wilson’s book, and I learned a lot from it. But this biography’s most interesting feature is its firm rejection of Darwin’s theory of evolution.
Nature, as Defined Today, Cannot Be All There Is
Science is on the move. It is slowly morphing from observing nature to embodying naturalism.