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Catholics and intelligent design: Jay Richards’ response to Ed Feser

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Pro-design Jay Richards has responded to neo-Thomist Ed Feser’s attack on evidence for design in nature.

Also: “Thomas Aquinas as ancient evolutionary psychologist”

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StephenB says:

April 10, 2011 at 11:36 am

News, thanks for passing this along. I have read “God and Evolution,” and I appreciate Richards’ comprehensive discussion on the matter. It is rather interesting that so many of Feser’s latest objections are mere repetitions of the same points that Richards has already refuted in the book. Because Aquinas is the official philosopher for Catholics, it is essential that they understand the critical point: Thomism and ID are compatible, in spite of Feser’s and Beckwith’s false arguments to the contrary.
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Mung says:

April 14, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Hi StephenB,

Do you think a mechanistic universe is compatible with both Thomism and ID?

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