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Home: Core Subjects: Science: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Science: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Is Evolution Fit to Survive?: Setting the Stage - Dr. Robin Bernhoft M.D.In the past several years the evolution debate has assumed new life, with states like Pennsylvania attempting to mandate that every child, as a requirement for graduation, pass competency tests which would demonstrate his knowledge and acceptance of evolution as the only mechanism by which life originated and grew on this planet. Email This Article Looking inside Darwin's Black Box - Ben WikerA biochemist examining the molecular and cellular foundations of life has come to the conclusion that the source of life was an Intelligent Designer, not neo-Darwinian materialism. The conclusions, set forth in his books, have been met with some controversy. Email This Article Material Guy - GERALD L. SCHROEDEREdward O. Wilson, in his book Consilience: the Unity of Knowledge, tries to make the case that morality is simply a product of evolution, a more developed version of a survival instinct that originated in our animal ancestors. Email This Article Moral Truth and the End of Man - Senator Rick SantorumIntellectual formation — building intellectual capital — is all about conforming our minds to the truth. But as I said at the start, truth and goodness go hand in hand. So we also have to talk about how morality fits into the formation of intellectual capital. To do that, please permit me to dig a little deeper into philosophy than is usual in a book on public policy. Email This Article More a cause than a science - Rex MurphyThere's not much of hesitancy, or deference, or horror of overstatement, in this the high noon of the global warming movement. Email This Article More a cause than a science - Rex MurphyGlobal warming is the new Key to All Mythologies. Email This Article New Physics, New Theology - PATRICK GLYNNJohn Polkinghorne's Belief in God in an Age of Science, based on his Terry Lectures at Yale, explores the sweeping consequences of recent revolutions in science for the conflict between skepticism and faith. Email This Article Nicolas Copernicus: Founder of Modern Astronomy - Rev. Martin S. BrennanAlthough Copernicus loved his favorite science with the ardor of a devotee, nevertheless he did not neglect the duties of his sacred office. It is said that he divided his day into three parts, devoting one to the calls of his ministry, another to the gratuitous medical care of the poor, and the third to scientific study. In the history of science there is no more beautiful character than Nicolas Copernicus. Email This Article Prophet of Pointlessness—book review - STEPHEN M. BARRRichard Dawkins has been accused of spreading a cold and joyless message, a pessimistic nihilism and his latest book, Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion, and the Appetite for Wonder, was written in response to these charges. But the book is based, in its entirety, on a simple mistake. Email This Article Retelling the Story of Science - Stephen M. BarrThe claims of scientific materialism have not changed substantially in over a hundred years. And yet much else has changed in that time. We know much more than we did about the origins of science; we know vastly more about nature. It is a good time, therefore, to take a fresh look at the materialist ideology of science and its story of science to see how well they have held up in the light of new knowledge. Email This Article Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [>>] Related Categories:Pages Updated On: 22-Apr-2008 - 09:45:02
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