Tag: philosophy
Why Thomas Aquinas Would Have Loved Intelligent Design
As for criticism that ID is a “God of the Gaps” argument, Michael Chaberek urges Thomists to consider where that complaint leads.
Bill Dembski on the AI Boogeyman, and the Real AI Danger
“The real worry,” Dembski says, “isn’t that we’ll raise machines to our level, but that we’ll lower humanity to the level of machines.”
Aquinas, Chaberek, Richards: A Cleansing Conversation
Our culture is both degraded and degrading. No doubt the caustic effects of some trends in scientific thought — about biological origins, for example — have played a part in that. What can we do about it?
Answering Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: Sketchy Science, and a Swerve into Metaphysics
His choice of targets for criticism and for praise have a lot more to do with his particular agenda than the defects or merits of those whom he critiques.
Nancy Pearcey Urges Inconsistent Materialists: Love Thy Body
One inconsistency is their unlivable claim that “we have no free will.”