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    Statistics as Science: Lonergan, McShane, and Popper
    Journal of Macrodynamic Analysis 3 55-75. 2003.
    On this occasion of honouring the achievement of Philip McShane, I would like to recall his earliest and, in my judgment, most important work, Randomness, Statistics and Emergence. In particular, I will recall how that work situated Lonergan’s important breakthrough on statistical method in relation to the major currents of thought on the subject, many of which remain influential still today.
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    Lonergan, Evolutionary Science, and Intelligent Design
    Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia 63 (4): 893-918. 2007.
    This article shows how Bernard Lonergan's philosophy of science can bring resolution to a recent controversy: the controversy that arises from Intelligent Design theorists' and proponents of neo-Darwinian evolution. Intelligent Design theories argue that the complex structures of living organisms cannot be adequately explained by neo-Darwinian theories, especially by its postulate of random variations. Hence, an "intelligent designer" must be postulated in order to fill out scientific explanatio…Read more