Methodological naturalism – Uncommon Descent

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Paul Nelson on methodological naturalism and scientists who don’t believe in it

Nelson: Now, you may think MN is unnecessary, or even unsound, for the practice of science. (Another time, I hope to discuss the surprising fact that many atheist scientists and philosophers disagree strongly with MN, when MN is proclaimed as an unconditional rule.) The National Academy, however, is not listening to you, nor are federal courts,

Intelligent Design

Rob Sheldon defends sociologist Steve Fuller against Nathaniel Comfort

Sheldon: Post-modernists, which Comfort seems to identify with, have a valid point about scientism’s ideological foundation on MN, but rather than rationally correct the error, as Phillip Johnson spent 29 years doing, they treat it as an ethical lapse justifying their own ideological, irrational behavior.

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Darwinian Materialism and/or Methodological Naturalism vs. Reality – video

From Philip Cunningham. Reference notes are provided.

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Design Disquisitions: Updated YouTube Playlists

For the last year or so I have been accumulating quite a number of YouTube playlists. Recently I’ve been trying to get it a little more organised and cleaned up, so I thought I would point readers to it as a resource. At the moment I have just under 40 individual playlists. I have created Read More…

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Design Disquisitions: Jeffrey Koperski on Two Bad Ways and Two Good Ways to Attack ID (Part 1): Two Bad Ways

Here’s my new article at Design Disquisitions. Enjoy: In the next two (potentially three) articles I’ll be taking an in-depth look at an excellent paper written by Jeffrey Koperski, a philosopher of science at Saginaw Valley State University. Koperski has written about ID in several publications (1), which I highly recommend, and he takes a balanced Read More…

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Debating Darwin and Design: Science or Creationism? (1)

A couple of days ago I posted my opening statement to a formal online debate I’m currently engaged in with Christian neo-Darwinist Francis Smallwood at Musings Of A Scientific Nature. My opening statement can be found here, and his here. What follows are my opening thoughts on the question whether ID is ‘creationism in a Read More…

JohnB 1) [WJM]In MRT, there is no reason to distinguish, in terms of reality value, between mental phenomena. It’s all completely,... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Querius Viola Lee, Did you miss my post @79? I think the links would be interesting to you. -Q – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Querius William J Murray @119, Yep, just like everyone else – except solipsists. Haha, funny! But, I do think my (persistent)... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
JVL William J Murray: As I’ve already pointed out, you’re asking me to describe MRT in terms of ERT. If that... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
rhampton7 In a paper recently published in MJA Insight, Professor Martin said it was time to question the assumptions and decisions... – BREAKING: President Trump, Mrs Trump &...
drc466 Your argument basically summarizes down into MRT is a better descriptor than Objective Reality because both theories acknowledge that our... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Bob O'H OMG, he's a Cylon agent! – That notorious ID paper was the...
William J Murray JVL, As I've already pointed out, you're asking me to describe MRT in terms of ERT. If that appears to... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
JVL William J Murray: What we call “energetic interactions” are behavioral patterns of phenomena we experience that can be described in... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
daveS What kind of engineering were you doing? – That notorious ID paper was the...
JohnB @WJM "What we call “energetic interactions” are behavioral patterns of phenomena we experience that can be described in mathematical terms.... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
AaronS1978 Damn I should’ve proofread that last paragraph talk to text really garbled that Anyways I really strongly recommend for all... – Free will makes more sense of...
ET This toaster and this toaster got me introduced to the countries and rain forests of northern South America. This toaster... – That notorious ID paper was the...
Viola Lee "Yes, we do aim to talk about the actual past. With the aid of “the logic of structure and quantity”,... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
William J Murray Querius asks: How do you know that you’re not the only conscious agent as in solipsism? Nobody knows that regardless... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
daveS I have to admit, those are some badass toasters. – That notorious ID paper was the...
William J Murray KF asks: WJM, what does a physical world mean to you? Not enough context in that question to begin to... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
William J Murray JVL asks: But how can those things occur without expending energy, without information being encoded and stored and then read?... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
ET daves- check out the toaster I have installed, repaired and engineered upgrades for in many countries and States. And this... – That notorious ID paper was the...
ET Whatever, Bob. I am comforted by the fact that I have worked on electronic equipment that you couldn't even understand.... – That notorious ID paper was the...
daveS KF, Thanks, I do see references to even hyperintegers etc. Second, I am not suggesting any idiosyncratic oddity but simply... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...