http://withallyourmind.net/archives/2007/some-thoughts-on-design-and-evolution-ii-more-on-dembskis-filter/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://withallyourmind.net/archives/2007/some-thoughts-on-design-and-evolution-ii-more-on-dembskis-filter/#comment-50882 withallyourmind.net » Thoughts on Design and Evolution III: A Defense of Methodological Naturalism? Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:25:19 +0000 http://withallyourmind.net/?p=586#comment-50882 [...] A long time ago I dedicated a couple posts to the examination (and critique) of Dembski’s explanatory filter for detecting design in nature. They are here and here. In this post I would like to discuss an argument for methodological naturalism that has affected how I think about design and evolution. Although I make no claim to do his paper justice, my thoughts in this and my previous posts have been influenced by Michael Murray’s “Natural Providence (or Design Trouble)“. [...] [...] A long time ago I dedicated a couple posts to the examination (and critique) of Dembski’s explanatory filter for detecting design in nature. They are here and here. In this post I would like to discuss an argument for methodological naturalism that has affected how I think about design and evolution. Although I make no claim to do his paper justice, my thoughts in this and my previous posts have been influenced by Michael Murray’s “Natural Providence (or Design Trouble)“. [...]

]]> http://withallyourmind.net/archives/2007/some-thoughts-on-design-and-evolution-ii-more-on-dembskis-filter/#comment-45246 withallyourmind.net » The Explanatory Filter Flawed? Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:28:21 +0000 http://withallyourmind.net/?p=586#comment-45246 [...] I have been greatly blessed over the past few years to have had the (perhaps, rare) opportunity to reason through and argue important issues with my son, Jeremy. As he mentions periodically in his posts, he and I do not always reach the same conclusions in all matters, but there is certainly much more we agree on than disagree (especially in areas of essentials of Christian doctrine). He is an extremely gifted and intelligent young man (no fatherly bias here!) has certainly been correct on many occasions in which we disagreed and has helped me to correct my views. I hope there has been a reciprocal effect which my arguments have had on his views. Jeremy has been less enthralled with the intelligent design enterprise than I, although he sees many positives in the movement. Recently, he posted a blog in which he pointed out what he perceived as three flaws in Dembski’s explanatory filter: [...] [...] I have been greatly blessed over the past few years to have had the (perhaps, rare) opportunity to reason through and argue important issues with my son, Jeremy. As he mentions periodically in his posts, he and I do not always reach the same conclusions in all matters, but there is certainly much more we agree on than disagree (especially in areas of essentials of Christian doctrine). He is an extremely gifted and intelligent young man (no fatherly bias here!) has certainly been correct on many occasions in which we disagreed and has helped me to correct my views. I hope there has been a reciprocal effect which my arguments have had on his views. Jeremy has been less enthralled with the intelligent design enterprise than I, although he sees many positives in the movement. Recently, he posted a blog in which he pointed out what he perceived as three flaws in Dembski’s explanatory filter: [...]

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