Tag: Richard Dawkins
On Science, Morality, and Wonder, an Atheist Rebukes Other Atheists
An image offered by Einstein, of the sublimely mysterious library, is sensitive and beautiful.
Listen: Berlinski on the Limits of Rational Discourse
I asked David Berlinski and Michael Denton what they thought was the nub of intellectual difference between a thoughtful Darwkin skeptic and a thoughtful Darwin loyalist.
Intelligent Design and Common Descent
A reader asks, “I was just wondering why some fellows at Discovery believe in ID but still hold to common descent.“
Richard Dawkins as Reluctant Darwinian
At a debate in Chicago between Dawkins and Bret Weinstein, I witnessed something that I never thought I’d see.
Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment
A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete.