methodological naturalism

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^{Michael J. Behe
September 26, 2022}

Behe Counters the Best Objections to Irreducible Complexity and ID, PT. 3

_{Michael J. Behe
September 26, 2022}

^{Michael Egnor
July 28, 2022}

Mysteries of the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
July 28, 2022}

^{Stephen C. Meyer
June 4, 2019
Intelligent Design}

Is Methodological Naturalism Necessary for Science?

_{Stephen C. Meyer
June 4, 2019
Intelligent Design}

In this bonus interview footage from Science Uprising, philosopher of science Stephen Meyer explains why methodological naturalism (aka methodological materialism) isn’t necessary for the practice of science. Visit the Science Uprising website at to find more videos and explore related articles and books.

^{Stephen C. Meyer
March 26, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Stephen Meyer Interviewed on Ben Shapiro’s “Sunday Special”

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 26, 2019
Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design}

Dr. Stephen Meyer was Ben Shapiro's most recent guest on Shapiro's 'Sunday Special' podcast. The two sat down for a scintillating discussion on philosophy, the origins of life, the overlap of science and religion, and much more! Read More ›

^{Stephen C. Meyer
November 24, 2015
Intelligent Design}

Denying the Signature

_{Stephen C. Meyer
November 24, 2015
Intelligent Design}

Most readers of Evolution News likely know the central thesis of Stephen Meyer’s bestseller, Darwin’s Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design. Meyer argues that the functional biological information necessary to build the Cambrian animals is best explained by the activity of a designing intelligence, rather than an undirected, materialistic evolutionary process. Most reviews of Darwin’s Doubt curiously omitted Read More ›

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^{Bruce Gordon
February 5, 2008
Intelligent Design}

The Scientific Status of Design Inferences

_{Bruce Gordon
February 5, 2008
Intelligent Design}

Scientific practice assumes that the universe, in both its origin and function, is a closed system of undirected physical processes. While many scientists reject this assumption as the ultimate truth, they still think that it is essential for science to function as if it were true. This means that they have accepted methodological naturalism as a necessary constraint on their practice as scientists. Methodological naturalism is the doctrine that in order to be scientific, an explanation must be naturalistic, that is, it must only appeal to entities, causes, events, and processes contained within the material universe. Even if we grant that this restriction on permissible explanations has been a fruitful strategy for science, we must still ask whether it is methodologically required by science. Read More ›

^{Wayne Frair, Gary D. Patterson, Jean Pond, Stephen C. Meyer, and Howard J. Van Til
September 28, 2000
Intelligent Design}

Science & Christianity

_{Wayne Frair, Gary D. Patterson, Jean Pond, Stephen C. Meyer, and Howard J. Van Til
September 28, 2000
Intelligent Design}

At the beginning of the 21st century, Christians continue to wonder whether faith and science are partners or opponents. In this book, six scholars sort through the issues as they present four views on the relationship of science and Christianity. These views include creationism, independence, qualified agreement, and partnership. Contributor Jean Pond is a proponent of the “independence” model. She Read More ›

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^{William A. Dembski
March 31, 2005
Intelligent Design}

Is Intelligent Causation Perfectly Natural?

_{William A. Dembski
March 31, 2005
Intelligent Design}

Critics of intelligent design argue that intelligent design is not a scientific theory. They do so, however, not by confronting the evidence and logic by which design theorists argue for their conclusions. Rather, they do so by definitional fiat. Read More ›

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^{Del Ratzsch
November 15, 2004
Intelligent Design}

Book Review: Design Theory and its Critics

_{Del Ratzsch
November 15, 2004
Intelligent Design}

The present book - Intelligent Design Creationism and its Critics - is intended as a sourcebook of materials from both sides of the present debate. The editor, Robert T. Pennock, who is a vocal critic of ID, takes it that ID claims fail more or less on all fronts, and while giving both sides a platform, intends for the present volume to make ID's untenability (as he sees it) amply clear. Read More ›

^{Michael J. Behe
February 27, 2004
Intelligent Design}

Behe’s letter in the WSJ responding to Feb. 13 article by Sharon Begley

_{Michael J. Behe
February 27, 2004
Intelligent Design}

“We should reject, as a matter of principle, the substitution of intelligent design for the dialogue of chance and necessity; but we must concede that there are presently no detailed Darwinian accounts of the evolution of any biochemical system, only a variety of wishful speculations.” So lamented Colorado State University biochemist Franklin Harold in “The Way of the Cell” (Oxford Read More ›