Tag: William Dembski
Synergies All the Way Down
Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth.
Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design?
Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones?
Gould’s God-Talk: Is the Panda’s Thumb Incompatible with ID?
Stephen Jay Gould was renowned as a paleontologist, not as a theologian. Yet perhaps his most iconic argument is theological in nature.
Design Without a Designer? New Book Says Yes!
So, does the teleonomic explanation hold up? Well, we have to ask: where does “teleonomy” come from? Why does it exist?
Is Natural Law Irreducible?
Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility.