Consciousness or the Physical Universe - Which Came First?
Historically, many have seen the intelligibility of the physical universe as showing that it is somehow ultimately dependent upon conscious intelligent pre-existing being - 'God'. Today, however, many believe that modern advances in our scientific understanding of the origins and nature of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Issue: 1, Pages: 16-28 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science NAB Fundamental theology VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | Historically, many have seen the intelligibility of the physical universe as showing that it is somehow ultimately dependent upon conscious intelligent pre-existing being - 'God'. Today, however, many believe that modern advances in our scientific understanding of the origins and nature of the universe, and of the conscious intelligent beings it contains, render God, as Laplace said, an 'unnecessary hypothesis'. This article considers whether the findings of modern science do indeed diminish the plausibility of belief in a creator God. Or, on the contrary, whether there are features of current scientific understanding which may reasonably be thought to support the belief that conscious intelligent being pre-existed the physical universe and caused it to be. In short: can science reasonably be thought to support the view that consciousness created the physical universe rather than that the physical universe created consciousness? |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.12245 |