Hartshorne’s Process Theism and Big Bang Cosmology Revisited: Reply to Walker

A number of years ago we argued that Hartshorne’s psychicalism and his doctrine of divine memory are incompatible with contemporary big bang cosmology. Theodore Walker has responded to our objection by arguing that our understanding of psychicalism is flawed and that Hartshorne’s metaphysics has the...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Authors: Haugen, David (Author) ; Keeling, Bryant (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: University of Illinois Press 2008
In: Process studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 92-103
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Volltext (kostenfrei)
Description
Summary:A number of years ago we argued that Hartshorne’s psychicalism and his doctrine of divine memory are incompatible with contemporary big bang cosmology. Theodore Walker has responded to our objection by arguing that our understanding of psychicalism is flawed and that Hartshorne’s metaphysics has the resources for accommodating what the big bang theory say about the origin and fate of the universe. In the present article we attempt to show that Walker’s defense of Hartshorne fails.
ISSN:2154-3682
Contains:Enthalten in: Process studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/44797241