Materialism
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Review of the meeting on extraterrestrials
Read more: Review of the meeting on extraterrestrialsI’ve heard a lot of positive feedback from those who attended the meeting on Saturday. For those who missed it, the video should be available in a few weeks. Here are some of my impressions and responses. We heard good scientific arguments from Bijan Nemati and Jay Richards that from a purely naturalistic standpoint, the…
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Review of Denton’s Evolution: A Theory Still in Crisis
Read more: Review of Denton’s Evolution: A Theory Still in CrisisA positive case against Darwinism by a co-belligerent Reviewed by David Snoke The Discovery Institute has a long history of sponsoring and collaborating with a large number of highly intelligent, fascinating scientists who stand outside traditional Christian belief as well as outside the mainstream of evolutionary science. In keeping with this tradition, they have recently…
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A response to J.P. Moreland’s talk, by Gary Patterson
Read more: A response to J.P. Moreland’s talk, by Gary PattersonThe Christian Scientific Society and J.P. Moreland The CSS is committed to sound Christian theology as well as real science. All evangelical and Reformed Christians gladly believe and experience the reality of the soul. Deeper discussions about how to understand both the nature and functioning of the soul are continuing, and are unlikely to reach…
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Book Review: Mind and Cosmos, by Thomas Nagel
Read more: Book Review: Mind and Cosmos, by Thomas NagelReview of Mind and Cosmos, by Thomas Nagel (Oxford University Press, 2012) Thomas Nagel is the bad boy of modern philosophy, because he has gone on record, as a full professor at a major university, saying that the proponents of intelligent design (ID) have not been treated fairly, and many of their arguments are valid.…
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Great essay on mind, brain, and truth
Read more: Great essay on mind, brain, and truthThis is a very important essay; worth reading to the end, by Jewish computer scientist Gelernter of Yale. http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-closing-of-the-scientific-mind/