Emergence from Physics to Theology: Toward a Panoramic View

Abstract. At its best, the emergence debate provides a helpful model of what religion-science scholarship can and should involve. (At its worst it represents the faddishness and bandwagon effects to which our field is also prone.) Those involved in the debate must pay close attention to concrete the...

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Главный автор: Clayton, Philip 1956- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2006
В: Zygon
Год: 2006, Том: 41, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 675-688
Другие ключевые слова:B Phenomenology
B God-world relation
B Neuroscience
B philosophy of science
B theory of evolution
B Stuart Kauffman
B Emergence
B Physicalism
B Divine Action
B Theological Anthropology
B transcendence versus immanence
B Terrence Deacon
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Итог:Abstract. At its best, the emergence debate provides a helpful model of what religion-science scholarship can and should involve. (At its worst it represents the faddishness and bandwagon effects to which our field is also prone.) Those involved in the debate must pay close attention to concrete theories and results in the natural sciences. They rely on the careful conceptual distinctions that philosophers of science draw concerning complexity, novelty, and organization. The resulting views about human mentality and consciousness are tested against these results and checked for their adequacy to the phenomena of human experience. Emergentist theories of nature and personhood have entailments for one's theory of religion and for theological reflection; conversely, theological accounts may constrain one's interpretation of emergent phenomena. In my response to the four symposiasts I draw out these deeper dimensions of the emergence debate.
ISSN:1467-9744
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00768.x