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Is the difference between a creationist and an evolutionist just a choice of interpretive frameworks to apply to the same facts? Is the problem only their disagreement in “presuppositions?” PZ Myers explains why this isn’t so as part of his report on his trip to the Creation “Museum” which discusses the sign pictured below with Blaghag: This is their [...]
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Same Facts Different Views?
August 10th, 2009 
Daniel Fincke 
Posted in Christianity, Creationism, Epistemology, Evolution, Faith, Fundamentalism, Geology, Intellectual Vices, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, PZ Myers, Religion, Religion and Science, Religulous, Science 
Tags: Ancient Egypt, BlagHag, Conceptual Relativism, Creation Museum, Creationism, Dinosaurs, Epistemological Relativism, Ice Age, Interpretation, Mastadon, Presuppositionalism 
No Comments »Naturalism As True By Definition
July 18th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Jason Streitfeld weighs in on the question of naturalism or supernaturalism, treated by Sean Carroll here, John Pieret here, and Shane and me in these this post and then this one. Streitfeld’s post is excellent so read it in full. Scientists do not rely on any notion of the supernatural to formulate their conception of [...]
Posted in Atheism, Biology, Creationism, Divine Intervention, Evolution, Law, Naturalism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Religion and Science, Science Tags: Creationism, Intelligent Design, Jason Streitfeld, John Pieret, Metaphysics, Methodological Naturalism, Occam's Razor, Philosophical Naturalism, Scientific Demarcation, Scientific Method, Sean Carroll, Simplicity, Supernatural, Supernaturalism No Comments »Can Scientists Infer About Naturalism And Its Limitations?
July 18th, 2009 Daniel Fincke John Pieret is not thrilled with Sean Carroll’s foray into the philosophy of science and metaphysics from Thursday. Particularly, he is (rightly) critical of Carroll’s dismissal of major theories of scientific demarcation as mere “mottos” and his apparently unnuanced and uncritical preference for Occam’s Razor in all cases. Only in the final paragraph does he [...]
Posted in Academic Disciplines, Cosmology, Divine Intervention, Epistemology, Law, Naturalism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Religion and Science, Science Tags: Creationism, Disciplinary Rigor, Intelligent Design, Inter-disciplinary, John Pieret, Metaphysics, Methodological Naturalism, Occam's Razor, Philosophical Naturalism, Samir Okasha, Scientific Demarcation, Scientific Method, Sean Carroll, Simplicity, Supernatural, Supernaturalism No Comments »Science And Supernatural Hypotheses, Present and Possible Future
July 16th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Via PZ Myers, comes a long and recommendable argument by Sean Carroll on the philosophy of science and how scientific understanding of the world thus far precludes any room for miracles (thus making the religion and science incompatible). Excerpted from the much longer article with interesting things on the philosophy of science which I recommend [...]
Against Faith and In Defense of Naturalism and Induction
June 30th, 2009 Daniel Fincke It should not be necessary for understanding this post, but in case you’d like to catch up on the full debate with Camels With Hammer Reader/Debate Spar Extraordinaire Shane leading up to this post, here are the previous installments: Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellecuals 1 Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellectuals 2 Objections to [...]
Posted in Atheism, Authoritarianism, Authority, Evidence, Faith, God, Miracles, Naturalism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Religion Tags: Anomalies, Christology, Hume, Inductive Reasoning, Justification, Non Overlapping Magisterium, Philosophy, Propitiation, Religion, Supernaturalism, Superstition, Trinity No Comments »
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