George Berkeley – Uncommon Descent

Bruce Gordon and Michael Egnor: Why idealism is actually a practical philosophy

Gordon thinks idealism (= reality is first and foremost a mental phenomenon) is defensible, reasonable, and too easily discarded.

Silver Asiatic Bob O'H And even in that simple case, the motions look random. So saying “it’s random so it can’t be... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
zweston Bob, have you ever doubted darwinism? And what do you think are the three best proofs of macroevolution? – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Bornagain77, The argument from evil is certainly not a powerful argument. If fact it is a logically self refuting argument.... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
chuckdarwin #7:Silver Asiatic SA, thank you for your comments, you are always gracious. – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Seversky The central problem with such claims is that the environment is not conscious, as depicted, e.g., in the Disney movie... – Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology
bornagain77 CD, I disagree that logical argumentation is useless. And if you really believed that logical argumentation was useless, then why... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
bornagain77 Seversky, and has it occurred to that there so many arguments for the existence of God because God is the... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Querius Silver Asiatic @7, Christianity, for example, is not an intellectual formula where you just plug into the logic and then... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Bob O'H Querius - if you're going to talk about me behind my back, it really helps to do so somewhere where... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Bob O'H SA @ 44 - The three body problem is understood because gravity is a constant. It can be analyzed mathematically... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Querius Notice that Bob O’H still hasn’t been able to support is assertion that natural selection is “non-random,” or even... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Bob There’s little to no evidence that evolution proceeds by several coordinated mutations appearing at the same time, to go... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Querius Silver Asiatic @39, If selection was as predictable and regular as gravity then that analogy would work. But the randomization... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Silver Asiatic Bob For a theoretical example, look at the three body problem. And then extrapolate that to the real world… The... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
jerry There’s little to no evidence that evolution proceeds by several coordinated mutations appearing at the same time, to go from... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Bob O'H SA - If selection was as predictable and regular as gravity then that analogy would work. But the randomization of... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
jerry They’re saying “everything in nature is produced by nature – but nature is not mindless, it’s guided by God to... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Bob O'H Ok, but I think the point still stands: Behe proposed that two-coordinated mutations are a limit – a boundary beyond... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...
Seversky Bornagain77/2 Dr. Egnor listed 10 proofs for God’s existence starting around the 8 minute mark... Has it occurred to you... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Silver Asiatic That's is great to hear, CD. I fully agree with you on that. It's tremendous wisdom - and Aquinas was... – At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former...
Silver Asiatic Bob So selection is just as random as gravity. The movement of grains of dust are randomized and unpredictable, so... – At Quanta: Mathematical Analysis of Fruit...