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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 »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 »Is Karma Incompatible With Atheism?
July 17th, 2009 Daniel Fincke An excellent question posed by a Scot, a reader at The Friendly Atheist. While Richard gives a fine answer supposing belief in a supernatural version of Karma, I find several of the comments interesting and more akin to the way I’ve used the term. Gary says: Actually, the word “karma” is sanskrit and simply means [...]
Posted in Atheism, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Physics, Uncategorized, Virtues Tags: Buddhism, Hugh Everett, Karma, Luck, Virtue 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 [...]
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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