competition – Uncommon Descent

Culture Darwinism Intelligent Design Science

French administration tries to subject scientists to “Darwinism”; revolt follows

Rob Sheldon: On the whole, Darwinism looks like it makes short-term gains at the cost of long-term stagnation. It clearly sacrifices the group for the sake of a few aggressive individuals.

capalas "Basically, it’s the idea that material substances, as substantial entities, do not exist and are not the cause of our... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
kairosfocus Plantinga https://www.giffordlectures.org/books/warrant-current-debate/1-justification-internalism-and-deontology – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic VL Who is arguing that everything is an illusion? Alex Rosenberg - the Atheist's Guide to Reality. The whole book... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic Viola And who says there is no truth? Again, we may differ both about what constitutes truth (is it truth... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic Jerry This argument has been made several times to answer such nonsense by Kf and others but during each thread... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee And who says there is no truth? Again, we may differ both about what constitutes truth (is it truth or... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee Who is arguing that everything is an illusion? KF says that is true about WJM's metaphysics, but WJM explains why... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry like the idea “everything is an illusion That is not actually believed by the people making it. It is meant... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
johnnyb One other thing to note - many proofs of common descent rely on a ridiculous null hypothesis about the alternatives. – Common Descent, Common Design, and ID
Silver Asiatic Jerry I love the common sense argument because it assumes nearly all humans recognize the same phenomenon. I like that... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
jerry There are two things going on here which I was trying to point out. First, I do not believe Kf... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic KF and BA77 are sometimes criticized for long posts and a lot of cut-paste. However, I think we have to... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic Viola, I wasn't referring to you. Actually, I can't think of anyone still here who the term "skeptics" as I... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Viola Lee Typical KF responses 1. Didn't answer the questions I asked. 2. Misrepresents my responses: Writes, "As for the dismissiveness to... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic WJM We exist entirely within universal mind (or the mind of God,) Those are two, potentially, very different ideas. If... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
Silver Asiatic KF God is omnipresent in reality and upholds it from moment to moment by his rationally manifest power. They also... – Implication logic is pivotal to understanding...
jerry Kf, I haven't a clue what you are saying in either of your two previous comments. I understand RGB and... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
Silver Asiatic So we are, in effect, living our lives in the mind of God. And he is a mediator of our... – Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why...
kairosfocus PPS: Colour vision responds to the issue that our senses can be limited but access the real world successfully. Notice,... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
kairosfocus Jerry, kindly start with noted philosopher Alvin Plantinga and the associated internalism-externalism debates in epistemology informed by Gettier counterexamples on... – L&FP 40: Thoughts on [neo-?] Reidian...
johnnyb Reading back over the paper, I think you are correct (at least in their model - later authors have disagreed... – What Most People Don't Know About...