Chance in a Created World: how to avoid common misunderstandings about divine action
In the article Against Physicalism-plus-God: How Creation Accounts for Divine Action in the World (Jaeger 2012a), I defined a framework which allows us to make some progress in our understanding of how God acts in the world. In the present article, I apply this framework to the specific question o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2015]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 151-165 |
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God
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/ Chance (Motif)
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| Summary: | In the article Against Physicalism-plus-God: How Creation Accounts for Divine Action in the World (Jaeger 2012a), I defined a framework which allows us to make some progress in our understanding of how God acts in the world. In the present article, I apply this framework to the specific question of chance events. I show that chance does not provide an explanation for special divine action. Nevertheless, chance does not hamper Gods ability to act in the world, and creation provides a framework for the understanding of chance, which is akin to what we see in modern science. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v7i3.109 |