Tag: Middle Ages
Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth
“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.”
Old Wine in New Bottles: How Darwin Recruited Malthus to Fortify a Failed Idea from Antiquity
It was undoubtedly a tremendous philosophical coup for Darwin whose knowledge of formal philosophy was limited.
The Apotheosis of William Wordsworth
What many responded to in Wordsworth’s evocations of Nature’s sacrality was his restoration of a partially obscured link between Nature and the divine.
Michael Egnor: Judeo-Christian Culture and the Rise of Modern Science
Dr. Egnor addresses the claim that the rise of atheism has somehow been a boon to science. Not so, Egnor says.
On Darwinism and the Abdication of Reason
It is a pity that Darwin’s homeland no longer boasts a satirist of the caliber of Thomas Love Peacock to exploit this rich seam of comic absurdity.