Saving Leonardo

Thus was born the fact/value split—the idea that humans can have genuine knowledge only in the realm of empirical facts. Morality was reduced to subjective preferences. The term values means literally whatever the individual happens to value.

Natural theology is not based on what we do not know. It is based on what we do know about living things.

The core of the evolution controversy can thus be phrased in simple terms: Did mind create matter? Or did matter give rise to mind?

There’s nothing wrong with [being excited about the interesting contrast of colors]… But that’s the kind of thing you enjoy when playing around with colors on your palette! It is not a finished work of art.

What defines a human artifact is its goal or purpose.