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Theories of evolution must provide for the creative acts which brought such theories into existence.


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We know more than we can tell.

We know more than we can tell.



The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.

The process of philosophic and scientific enlightenment has shaken the stability of beliefs held explicitly as articles of faith.



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We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography.



The information in DNA could no more be reduced to the chemical than could the ideas in a book be reduced to the ink and paper: something beyond physics and chemistry encoded DNA.

The information in DNA could no more be reduced to the chemical than could the ideas in a book be reduced to the ink and paper: something beyond physics and chemistry encoded DNA.



I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell.

I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell.



Discoveries are made by pursuing possibilities suggested by existing knowledge.

Discoveries are made by pursuing possibilities suggested by existing knowledge.



And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry.

And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry.



But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.

But even physics cannot be defined from an atomic topography.



Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.

Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.



Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing.

Personal participation is the universal principle of knowing.





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