Charles Darwin Considering the breathtaking speed at which our understanding of (and mastery over) nature has matured over the last one hundred years, it's almost impossible to understand there is still a debate about the merits of biological evolution one hundred fifty ...
Supernaturalism and its Pitfalls The term God could mean different things depending on the topic. Regardless, however, to use the term “God” to mean both supernaturalism and the theistic God (particularly of the Abrahamic religion) is an inexcusable sloppiness—oft...
The Many Problems of EAAN, Part I Methodological naturalism (naturalism hereafter) says only that all natural phenomena are best explained by natural causes. Naturalism is a means to an end (that of explaining natural phenomena) and in principle says nothing about the (continued) ...
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Re: Mary Midgley on The God Delusion Ephraim, you have made a good point here in your critique of Midgley's critique of Dawkins, which is that she tends to read Dawkins with an agenda of sorts in mind -- one that she develops through all of her work, and which is by no means unique to her ...
Re: Charles Darwin Hi Ephraim, True we should not expect to comment on something such as quantum physics when we do not have the expertise. I agree. But, I respectfully disagree when it comes to evolution. Here is why: 1. Not all scientists even agree about evolution. There ...