Tag: Tom Gilson
For Christmas, Make New Discoveries with Books from Discovery Institute Scientists and Scholars
There’s an inviting coziness about this time of year, perfect for shutting the computer down, putting the accursed iPhone away, and retreating to the beauty of printed pages.
Dump the Metaphysics — How About Methodological Regularism?
Science doesn’t need methodological naturalism. It doesn’t need methodological theism, either.
Scientism: Irrational, Self-Refuting, and Contradictory
Yet it hangs over and around all of us like the air we breathe, says philosopher J.P. Moreland in a new book reviewed by Tom Gilson.
Scientism Is Wrong; Is It Evil, Too?
Granted, scientism can aid and abet evil. Its tendency to do so is predictable. In its blindness it harms and humiliates.
Tom Gilson Reviews Bradley Monton’s New Book: “Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design“
Last year ID the Future featured a series of podcasts (see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5) with Bradley Monton, a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, which discussed Monton’s support for intelligent design. Monton is notable as he’s one of the atheist intellectuals who feels that many intelligent design arguments hold merit. He has recently published a book, Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design, which was reviewed by Tom Gilson at Breakpoint. Gilson’s excellent review is titled, “ID’s Unlikely Defender,” and he writes: Monton is willing to evaluate ID according to what its proponents actually affirm about it. He devotes most of a chapter to working through what the Discovery Read More ›