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UNINA9910782835903321 |
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Autore |
Attfield Robin |
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Titolo |
Creation, Evolution and Meaning |
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Brookfield, : Routledge, 2018 |
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ISBN |
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1-351-94778-8 |
1-315-25901-X |
1-351-94777-X |
1-281-09797-7 |
9786611097974 |
0-7546-8263-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (245 p.) |
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Collana |
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Transcending boundaries in philosophy and theology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creation |
Evolution (Biology) |
Creationism |
Meaning (Philosophy) |
Christian stewardship |
Philosophical theology |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Section 4: Givenness, Metaphysics and Stewardship |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-227) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Meaning, verification, and analogy -- Realism, anti-realism, and religion -- God and falsification -- Creation -- Arguments from world to God -- Darwinism, disvalues, and design -- God and evil -- Purpose, immanence, and the argument from value -- Meaning, evolution, and stewardship -- The ethics and metaphysics of stewardship. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book presents the case for belief in both creation and evolution at the same time as rejecting creationism. Issues of meaning supply the context of inquiry; the book defends the meaningfulness of language about God, and also relates belief in both creation and evolution to the meaning of life. Meaning, it claims, can be found in consciously adopting the role of stewards of the planetary biosphere, and thus of the fruits of creation. Distinctive features include a sustained case for a |
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