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Richard Dawkins on “Thinking The Improbable”
August 3rd, 2009 
Daniel Fincke 
Posted in Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Physics, Probability, Science 
Tags: Middle World, Richard Dawkins 
No Comments »Richard Dawkins Interviews Jesuit Astronomer Father George Coyne
July 23rd, 2009 Daniel Fincke An utterly fascinating dialogue, Coyne throughout is a novel, deeply scientifically informed, and riveting thinker and Dawkins puts exactly the right questions and brief challenges to him. Watch all 7 parts, they’re great. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Astronomy, Cosmology, Evolution, Faith, Philosophy, Physics, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Religion and Science, Science Tags: Cosmological Arguments For Existence of God, Existence of God, George Coyne, God of the Gaps, Multiverse, Non-Overlapping Magisteria, Pope John Paul II, Prime Mover, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholicism No Comments »Debunking Creationists: Water
July 21st, 2009 Daniel Fincke Posted in Atheism, Cosmology, Geology, Intelligent Design, Religion and Science, Science Tags: Creationism, Flood, Grand Canyon, Intelligent Design, Noah's Arc, Thunderf00t, Water 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 [...]
Dawkins vs. Collins (Obama’s New NIH Selection)
July 13th, 2009 Daniel Fincke RichardDawkins.net has reprinted a 2006 debate between Richard Dawkins and Francis Collins, the prominent (and now powerful) proponent of compatibility between religion and science who has recently been selected by Obama to head up the NIH. The article has some really interesting moments, so I recommend you read it in full. Here is what I [...]
Posted in Bill Maher, Biology, Cosmology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Francis Collins, Metaphysics, Moral Psychology, Probability, Religion, Religion and Science, Science, Sociobiology, Videos Tags: Accommodationism, Altruism, Anthropic Principle, Cosmological Argument, Multiverse, Real Time With Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, Teleological Argument, Time Magazine No Comments »The History Of The Universe With Physicist Michio Kaku
July 6th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Five Videos, start with this one: Thanks to Atheist Media Blog.
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