Tag: philosophy
Scott Turner Explains Philosophical Traditions Shaping Biology
Turner classifies the intelligent design movement as a resurgence of Platonic idealism.
Stephen Meyer and J. P. Moreland Take on Theistic Evolution and Materialism
They also answer logical challenges directed at intelligent design theory and highlight crucial problems with thinking that science thrives best on its own.
Michael Ruse: Darwin’s Hedgehog Searches for Purpose
For Ruse, “Darwin is like Moses” who “led his children [himself among them] to the Promised Land but never got there himself.”
From Tom Gilson, Rhetorical Advice for Opponents of Intelligent Design
Getting ID theory right instead of criticizing a made-up straw man would be a good start.
Is ID Bad Theology? No, but the Objection Is
Mark Vernon has mistaken a narrow deism for theism and then charged theists with blasphemy for considering God free to act within the created order.