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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Ignorance: Does It Drive Both Science and Theology?
Stuart Firestein, Professor and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Columbia University has recently published a book with the provocative title Ignorance: How It Drives Science. This book derives from a popular class that Dr. Firestein teaches at … Continue reading
Posted in Knowledge
Tagged Books and Culture, Ignorance
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Evolution and the Sting of Death
The latest installment of the BioLogos series Southern Baptist Voices, published earlier this month, explored the troubling issue of the role death plays in evolution. John D. Laing, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s … Continue reading
Qualia, Consciousness, and Zombies
I am currently reading Christof Koch’s memoir Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist. Christof Koch is a Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at CalTech. You can find the first two posts of his book here and here. In chapter 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Neuroscience, Science and Faith
Tagged Consciousness
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…Or Eruptions of Conflict
I occasionally receive e-mail after posts when readers agree, disagree, or just have questions. The e-mail address I include at the bottom of each post is there to allow this kind of communication. An e-mail message after the post last … Continue reading
Posted in Doubt, Problems for Faith
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Wither the Fig Tree, Whither the Wandering Saints?
One of the most significant questions for Protestants, and perhaps for other Christians as well, is the view of scripture as inspired by God. A significant class of problems involved in the discussion of science and the Christian faith hinge … Continue reading
The Wellsprings of Conflict
I am currently reading Christof Koch’s memoir Consciousness: Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist. Christof Koch is a Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology at CalTech. Raised in a Roman Catholic family, son of a German diplomat, born in Missouri, growing up … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conversion, Doubt
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Even The MacBook Air Is Not Sentient
A question that has intrigued me for a long time is the question of “will”. I leave off the word “free” here because free seems to convey a libertarian freedom without constraint. This is nonsense. We a fully embodied creatures … Continue reading
Posted in Humanness, Neuroscience
Tagged Consciousness, Free Will
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me
Scot made a rather sobering comment on one of his posts last week – Douthat, Bass and Christianity’s Culture Wars: Here’s an interesting one: a pastor called me the other day, we got into a conversation about “gospel” and what … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Life
Tagged Wang Zhiming, Yuan Xianchen
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Context is Key
Ted Davis, Professor of the History of Science at Messiah College, had an excellent post on the BioLogos Forum this week. Professor Davis is a senior Fellow for BioLogos and writes for the Forum approximately every other week. All of … Continue reading