Tag: philosophy of science
Dangerous Skating: Kauffman, Jaeger, and Roli on the Need for a New Teleology
Openly breaking with naturalism can get one dispatched to the gulag of intelligent design. For most scholars, that is a one-way trip to academic Siberia.
Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations
A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory.
Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science
Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.”
Paul Nelson: Freeing Minds Trapped in a Naturalistic Parabola
Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about pursuing intelligent design theory in a science culture committed to naturalism.
Troubles with the Tree of Life
Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change.