Quantum Physics and Theology: John Polkinghorne on Thought Experiments

Thought experimentation is part of accepted scientific practice, and this makes it surprising that philosophers of science did not seriously engage with it for a very long time. The situation changed in the 1990s, resulting in a highly intriguing debate over thought experiments. Initially, the discu...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fehige, Joerg H. Y. 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2012
In: Zygon
Year: 2012, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 256-288
Further subjects:B Incarnation
B Ontological Argument
B James R. Brown
B Augustine on human sexuality
B John Polkinghorne
B Crucifixion
B Intuition
B Einstein-Bohr debate
B thought experiments
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a22000002 4500
001 1827963204
003 DE-627
005 20221220235149.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 221220s2012 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01253.x  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1827963204 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1827963204 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 0  |2 ssgn 
100 1 |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)132186519  |0 (DE-627)519028252  |0 (DE-576)254748384  |4 aut  |a Fehige, Joerg H. Y.  |d 1976- 
109 |a Fehige, Joerg H. Y. 1976-  |a Fehige, Yiftach 1976-  |a Fehige, Jörg Hermann 1976-  |a Fehige, Yiftach J. H. 1976-  |a Fehige, J. H. Y. 1976- 
245 1 0 |a Quantum Physics and Theology: John Polkinghorne on Thought Experiments 
264 1 |c 2012 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
520 |a Thought experimentation is part of accepted scientific practice, and this makes it surprising that philosophers of science did not seriously engage with it for a very long time. The situation changed in the 1990s, resulting in a highly intriguing debate over thought experiments. Initially, the discussion focused mostly on thought experiments in physics, philosophy, and mathematics. Other disciplines have since become the subject of interest. Yet, nothing substantial has been said about the role of thought experiments in nonphilosophical theology. This paper discusses the role of thought experiments in Christian theology in comparison to their role in quantum physics, as mentioned by John Polkinghorne in Quantum Physics and Theology. We first look briefly at the history of the inquiry into thought experiments and then at Polkinghorne's remarks about the role of thought experimentation in quantum physics and Christian eschatology. To determine the actual importance of thought experiments in Christian theology a number of new examples are introduced in a third step. In the light of these examples, in a fourth step, we address the question of what it is that explains the cognitive efficacy of thought experiments in quantum physics and Christian theology. 
601 |a Theologe 
601 |a Polkinghorne, John C. 
650 4 |a thought experiments 
650 4 |a John Polkinghorne 
650 4 |a Ontological Argument 
650 4 |a Intuition 
650 4 |a Incarnation 
650 4 |a Einstein-Bohr debate 
650 4 |a Crucifixion 
650 4 |a James R. Brown 
650 4 |a Augustine on human sexuality 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Zygon  |d [London] : Open Library of Humanities$s2024-, 1966  |g 47(2012), 2, Seite 256-288  |h Online-Ressource  |w (DE-627)300593570  |w (DE-600)1482903-4  |w (DE-576)090854799  |x 1467-9744  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:47  |g year:2012  |g number:2  |g pages:256-288 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01253.x  |x Resolving-System  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2012.01253.x  |x Verlag  |z lizenzpflichtig  |3 Volltext 
935 |a mteo 
951 |a AR 
ELC |a 1 
ITA |a 1  |t 1 
LOK |0 000 xxxxxcx a22 zn 4500 
LOK |0 001 4235368117 
LOK |0 003 DE-627 
LOK |0 004 1827963204 
LOK |0 005 20221220052624 
LOK |0 008 221220||||||||||||||||ger||||||| 
LOK |0 035   |a (DE-Tue135)IxTheo#2022-12-06#4BA259AD7E01188021AC79D7C33CACFA598C076E 
LOK |0 040   |a DE-Tue135  |c DE-627  |d DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 092   |o n 
LOK |0 852   |a DE-Tue135 
LOK |0 852 1  |9 00 
LOK |0 935   |a ixzs  |a ixrk  |a zota 
OAS |a 1  |b inherited from superior work 
ORI |a SA-MARC-ixtheoa001.raw 
REL |a 1 
STA 0 0 |a Intuition 
STB 0 0 |a Intuition 
STC 0 0 |a Intuición 
STD 0 0 |a Intuizione 
STE 0 0 |a 直觉,直观 
STF 0 0 |a 直覺,直觀 
STG 0 0 |a Intuição 
STH 0 0 |a Интуиция 
STI 0 0 |a Διαίσθηση 
SUB |a REL