by Collin Brendemuehl | Jun 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
An expansion on the earlier post “Framing Darwin in History” Darwin’s life was surrounded by the industrial revolution. Life was motivated by progress. England seemed unbeatable, apart from that little setback in the Americas. Raw materials were coming in...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Feb 8, 2014 | Science
The empirical movement of modern science in the 19th and 20th centuries raised questions about knowledge. Hume, Kant, and others asked how we can know and how we might verify that what we know is true? Hume began with empiricism but had an issue with the reliability...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Feb 6, 2014 | Science
By now you have all read about the debate. If you want to view it so that this perspective and other review make more sense it is available here. It was an interesting event to say the least. But at the same time it raised some important questions – difficult ones...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Dec 14, 2013 | Apologetics, Science
Students everywhere face this challenge. So do adults. It is a hard question – what if “evolution” is true? The consequences are serious no matter how one answers the question. But the world does not end if we get the question wrong. (Many...
by Collin Brendemuehl | Nov 19, 2013 | Education, Science
Many years ago it was stated categorically that “nothing in science makes sense except in the light of evolution.” This was Theodore Dobzhansky in 1973.[1] This statement, the title of the article itself, represents several important concepts, two of which we...
