Tag: naturalism
Listen: Nancy Pearcey on How Philosophy, Not Evidence, Drove Darwin and Huxley
One historian says Darwin’s naturalism came first, and “only later did he find a theory to validate his convictions.”
Greg Koukl on Heretic: The “Right Answer” or the “Right Kind of Answer”?
Heretic is the autobiographical story, co-written by Jonathan Witt, of distinguished Finnish bioengineer Matti Leisola.
A Tendentious Appeal for Methodological Naturalism
Dawes and Smith say they’re simply describing (as a “matter of fact”) the history of science.
Commonweal Misrepresents Isaac Newton, Intelligent Design
Newton was arguing from science, not religion. But that doesn’t fit the Epicurean mythos that religion opposes naturalism while science confirms it.
Free Will Denial and PreCrimes
If we treat criminals the way we treat natural disasters — as physical events without moral culpability — the pragmatic approach is preemption as well.