Doubting Thomists and Intelligent Design
Contemporary Thomists, by and large, have been very critical of the intelligent design movement. Their criticism raises two important issues; the first being whether such criticism is well-founded, the second being whether it is consistent with the views of St. Thomas, from whom they claim to take t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Netherlands
[2019]
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Sophia
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 3, Pages: 349-358 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
| Further subjects: | B
Primary causality
B Thomism B Intelligent design B God of the gaps' B Secondary causality B Deism |
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| Summary: | Contemporary Thomists, by and large, have been very critical of the intelligent design movement. Their criticism raises two important issues; the first being whether such criticism is well-founded, the second being whether it is consistent with the views of St. Thomas, from whom they claim to take their direction. I shall argue that their criticism typically misses the mark and that they are mistaken in their representation of Thomas's views as regards intelligent design. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-017-0593-x |