Tag: Reductionism
“Miraculously” Fine-Tuned Universe? Evidence from the Large Hadron Collider
The continued spookiness of the fine-tuning of the interactions in the universe is a constant threat to materialism.
End of the Road for the Intelligent Design Debate?
A key question is how long biologists can argue that life looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, but it is actually a cat.
When Darwinian Evolution Became Obsolete
The theory of evolution by natural selection was unveiled to a poorly attended and generally inattentive audience at a Linnean Society meeting.
Jonathan Witt: A Cosmos Charged with Meaning, Purpose — and Genius
The late Phillip Johnson called Dr. Witt’s book from InterVarsity Press “a wise and witty romp through the fallacies of reductionism.”
Smith: Personhood for Animals? What About Plants?
Bioethicist Wesley Smith examines the meaning of the term “personhood” and its implications for human rights.