Intelligent Design

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Fine-Tuning of the Optics of the Human Eye

Fine-Tuning of the Optics of the Human Eye

Physicist Brian Miller explores the amazing design and optimization of the human eye in this talk from the 2023 Westminster Conference on Science and Faith. The conference was held in September 2023 in the Philadelphia area and was co-sponsored by Discovery Institute and Westminster Theological Seminary.

The Design Inference and the Conservation of Information

The Design Inference and the Conservation of Information

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses how the idea of the conservation of information can be connected to the framework for design inferences provided by his classic book The Design Inference. A new expanded edition of the book has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

Biology and The Design Inference

Biology and The Design Inference

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses how biology is “chock full of design,” drawing on insights from the new expanded edition of his book The Design Inference, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

Reception of the New Design Inference

Reception of the New Design Inference

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses his hopes for the reception of the second edition of his classic book of The Design Inference. The new expanded edition has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

What Archaeology Reveals about the Historicity of the Exodus (2023 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith)

What Archaeology Reveals about the Historicity of the Exodus (2023 Dallas Conf. on Science & Faith)

Archeologist Titus Kennedy and philosopher of science Stephen Meyer explore what the science of archeology reveal about the historicity of the exodus of Jews from Egypt. Is the exodus a myth? Or is there evidence it really occurred? This session took place at the 2023 Dallas Conference on Science and Faith sponsored by Discovery Institute. Check out Dr. Kennedy’s newest Read More ›

Design Inferences in Real Life

Design Inferences in Real Life

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses how to detect design inferences in everyday life, drawing on the insights of his classic book The Design Inference. A new expanded edition of the book has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

Reception of the Original Design Inference

Reception of the Original Design Inference

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses the reception of the original edition of his landmark book The Design Inference, which explored how we can detect intelligent design. A new expanded edition of the book has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

The Explanatory Filter

The Explanatory Filter

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses his “explanatory filter,” which provides a rigorous method to detect intelligent design in nature and daily life. Find out more in the new expanded edition of Dembski’s book The Design Inference, now co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert: https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….

The Most Thoughtful Objection to The Design Inference

The Most Thoughtful Objection to The Design Inference

Mathematician and philosopher William Dembski discusses the most thoughtful objection to the original edition of his landmark book The Design Inference, which explored how we can detect intelligent design. A new expanded edition of the book has now been released, co-authored with computer scientist Winston Ewert. Find out more at https://www.discovery.org/b/the-desig….