Category: theistic evolution
ID and the Science of God: Part II
| January 10, 2009 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Biology, Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Philosophy, Religion, Science, The Design of Life, theistic evolution |
 I will be opening the 2009 series of lectures on ‘Darwin Reconsidered’ at the Oxford Centre for Christianity and Culture on Tuesday, 20th January, at 5 pm. My topic is ‘Darwin’s Original Sin: The Rejection of Theology’s Claims to Knowledge’. You can find out more about the series here. The talk will deal with the… more
ID and the Science of God: Part I
| January 5, 2009 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Biology, Comp. Sci. / Eng., Creationism, Culture, Education, Global Warming, Informatics, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life, Philosophy, Religion, Science, The Design of Life, theistic evolution |
In response to an earlier post of mine, DaveScot kindly pointed out this website’s definition of ID. The breadth of the definition invites scepticism: ID is defined as the science of design detection — how to recognize patterns arranged by an intelligent cause for a purpose. But is there really some single concept of ‘intelligence’… more
Featured Article Review of ID at Wikipedia
| November 6, 2008 | Posted by DLH under Creationism, Culture, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Religion, Science, theistic evolution |
Wikipedia’s Intelligent Design article was recommended for review on continuing as a Featured Article on Oct. 15. See the Discussion on Intelligent Design on whether it reaches Wikipedia’s Featured Article Criteria See the previous FAR of 24 July 2007. Specific Suggestions from FAR have been added to the ongoing Discussion on ID. This provides for… more
Vatican to exclude ID & Evolutionists from Origins conference
| November 3, 2008 | Posted by DLH under Biography, Creationism, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science, theistic evolution |
The Vatican apparently seeks to understand biological evolution, as long as speakers do not address the issue of origins whether advocates of Intelligent Design, Creationists, or Evolutionists. That appears to a priori exclude the foundational issue of causation. It also appears to assume that papers on “biological evolution” do not have any unstated assumptions on… more
The Church of England apologizes to Darwin
| September 15, 2008 | Posted by Lord Ickenham under Darwinism, Evolution, Religion, theistic evolution |
Dear gentle reader, As someone who has had an ongoing struggle with the Anglican Communion his entire adult life, and to whom the current, obvious, and slow-motion destruction of the entire historical Anglican Church brings no joy, I have a few comments on the anticipated apology of the Church of England, led by the Archbishop… more
In the Face of an Aspiring Baboon
| August 22, 2008 | Posted by Steve Fuller under Atheism, Biology, Courts, Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Education, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Legal, Philosophy, Religion, Science, theistic evolution |
In the Face of an Aspiring Baboon: A Response to Sahotra Sarkar’s Review of Science vs. Religion? Introduction Some will wonder why I expend such great effort in responding to Sahotra Sarkar’s negative review of my Science vs. Religion? I offer four reasons: (1) The review was published in the leading on-line philosophy reviews journal… more
A sociologist’s perceptive look at “theistic evolution”
| August 4, 2008 | Posted by O'Leary under theistic evolution |
Recently, I have been reading Warwick U sociologist Steve Fuller’s Dissent over Descent: Intelligent Design’s Challenge to Darwinism, and was intrigued by his comments about “theistic evolution”, as understood by members of the American Scientific Affiliation and promoted by Francis Collins in The Language of God: Theistic evolutionists … simply take what Collins calls ‘the… more
