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Divine action, determinism, and the laws of nature / / Jeffrey Koperski
| Divine action, determinism, and the laws of nature / / Jeffrey Koperski |
| Autore | Koperski Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (160 pages) : charts; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 231.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Providence and government of God - Christianity
Determinism (Philosophy) Religion and science History of Western philosophy Philosophy of religion Theology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Action
Determinism Divine Jeffrey Koperski Laws Nature |
| ISBN |
0-429-63958-9
0-429-02911-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Philosophy and divine action -- Mapping the terrain -- Nonviolation, quantum mechanics, and chaos -- A brief history of the laws of nature -- Philosophy of science and the laws of nature -- Determinisms -- Neoclassical special divine action -- Four objections. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910357818803321 |
Koperski Jeffrey
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| Taylor & Francis, 2020 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The physics of theism : god, physics, and the philosophy of science / / Jeffrey Koperski
| The physics of theism : god, physics, and the philosophy of science / / Jeffrey Koperski |
| Autore | Koperski Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 211/.3 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics - Religious aspects
Theism Religion and science Science - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-118-93277-3
1-118-93380-X 1-118-93279-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Physics of Theism: God, Physics, and the Philosophy of Science; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; I.1 Maps; I.2 Cosmology: Singularity and Creation; I.3 Overview; I.3.1 Science and Religion: Some Preliminaries; I.3.2 Fine-Tuning and Cosmology; I.3.3 Relativity, Time, and Free Will; I.3.4 Divine Action and the Laws of Nature; I.3.5 Naturalisms and Design; I.3.6 Reduction and Emergence; I.3.7 The Philosophy of Science Tool Chest; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Science and Religion: Some Preliminaries; 1.1 Conventional Wisdom; 1.2 History; 1.2.1 Ancient Greece
1.2.2 Voluntarism and Nominalism 1.2.3 Mechanistic Philosophy; 1.2.4 Experiments and Philosophy; 1.2.5 The Galileo Affair; 1.3 The Structure of Science; 1.3.1 Three Layers; 1.3.2 Change and Suspension; 1.3.3 Religion and Shaping Principles; 1.4 The Relation between Science and Religion; 1.4.1 Conflict/Warfare; 1.4.2 Independent Realms; 1.4.3 Dialogue; 1.4.4 Integration; 1.4.5 Assessment; 1.4.6 Proposal; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Fine-Tuning and Cosmology; 2.1 What Is Fine-Tuning?; 2.2 Examples; 2.2.1 Initial Conditions; 2.2.2 Fixed Parameters; 2.3 No Explanation Needed; 2.3.1 Coincidence 2.3.2 Weak Anthropic Principle 2.3.3 The Nature of Probability; 2.3.4 Analysis and Replies; 2.4 Naturalistic Explanations; 2.4.1 Future Physics; 2.4.2 Other Forms of Life Possible; 2.4.3 The Multiverse Reply; 2.4.4 Multiverse: The Problems; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Relativity, Time, and Free Will; 3.1 Physics and Freedom; 3.2 STR and the Nature of Time; 3.2.1 The Metaphysics of Time; 3.2.2 Relativity and the Present; 3.2.3 Minkowski Spacetime; 3.2.4 The Block Universe and Free Will; 3.3 Contra the Block Universe; 3.3.1 Relativizing the Present; 3.3.2 Manifold Antirealism 3.3.3 Before STR: Lorentzian Mechanics 3.3.4 GTR and Cosmic Time; 3.3.5 21st-Century Physics and 3 + 1; 3.4 Two Suggestions from the Philosophy of Science; 3.4.1 Metaphysics and Mathematical Spaces; 3.4.2 Idealizations and Domains of Applicability; 3.4.3 Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Divine Action and the Laws of Nature; 4.1 Divine Intervention(?); 4.2 The Problems with Intervention; 4.2.1 An Incompetent God; 4.2.2 A Capricious or Inconsistent God; 4.2.3 The Problem of Evil; 4.2.4 The God of the Gaps; 4.2.5 Conflicts with Science; 4.3 The Nature of the Laws of Nature 4.3.1 Regularity versus Necessitarian Laws 4.3.2 Laws and Law Statements; 4.4 Noninterventionist Divine Action; 4.4.1 Avoiding Determinism; 4.4.2 Quantum Indeterminism; 4.4.3 Quantum Mechanics + Chaos; 4.4.4 Related Views; 4.5 QD: Pro and Con; 4.5.1 What Quantum Mechanics Allows; 4.5.2 A Bit More of the Physics; 4.5.3 Collapse Theories; 4.5.4 The Amplification Problem; 4.5.5 Chaos to the Rescue?; 4.6 Noninterventionism: Goring the Sacred Cow; 4.6.1 The Infinite Clockmaker; 4.6.2 Capricious or Inconsistent; 4.6.3 The Problem of Evil; 4.6.4 Intervention Conflicts with Science 4.6.5 God of the Gaps |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910132328803321 |
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Koperski Jeffrey
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| Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The physics of theism : god, physics, and the philosophy of science / / Jeffrey Koperski
| The physics of theism : god, physics, and the philosophy of science / / Jeffrey Koperski |
| Autore | Koperski Jeffrey |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 211/.3 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Physics - Religious aspects
Theism Religion and science Science - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-118-93277-3
1-118-93380-X 1-118-93279-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Physics of Theism: God, Physics, and the Philosophy of Science; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; I.1 Maps; I.2 Cosmology: Singularity and Creation; I.3 Overview; I.3.1 Science and Religion: Some Preliminaries; I.3.2 Fine-Tuning and Cosmology; I.3.3 Relativity, Time, and Free Will; I.3.4 Divine Action and the Laws of Nature; I.3.5 Naturalisms and Design; I.3.6 Reduction and Emergence; I.3.7 The Philosophy of Science Tool Chest; Notes; References; Chapter 1 Science and Religion: Some Preliminaries; 1.1 Conventional Wisdom; 1.2 History; 1.2.1 Ancient Greece
1.2.2 Voluntarism and Nominalism 1.2.3 Mechanistic Philosophy; 1.2.4 Experiments and Philosophy; 1.2.5 The Galileo Affair; 1.3 The Structure of Science; 1.3.1 Three Layers; 1.3.2 Change and Suspension; 1.3.3 Religion and Shaping Principles; 1.4 The Relation between Science and Religion; 1.4.1 Conflict/Warfare; 1.4.2 Independent Realms; 1.4.3 Dialogue; 1.4.4 Integration; 1.4.5 Assessment; 1.4.6 Proposal; Notes; References; Chapter 2 Fine-Tuning and Cosmology; 2.1 What Is Fine-Tuning?; 2.2 Examples; 2.2.1 Initial Conditions; 2.2.2 Fixed Parameters; 2.3 No Explanation Needed; 2.3.1 Coincidence 2.3.2 Weak Anthropic Principle 2.3.3 The Nature of Probability; 2.3.4 Analysis and Replies; 2.4 Naturalistic Explanations; 2.4.1 Future Physics; 2.4.2 Other Forms of Life Possible; 2.4.3 The Multiverse Reply; 2.4.4 Multiverse: The Problems; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Relativity, Time, and Free Will; 3.1 Physics and Freedom; 3.2 STR and the Nature of Time; 3.2.1 The Metaphysics of Time; 3.2.2 Relativity and the Present; 3.2.3 Minkowski Spacetime; 3.2.4 The Block Universe and Free Will; 3.3 Contra the Block Universe; 3.3.1 Relativizing the Present; 3.3.2 Manifold Antirealism 3.3.3 Before STR: Lorentzian Mechanics 3.3.4 GTR and Cosmic Time; 3.3.5 21st-Century Physics and 3 + 1; 3.4 Two Suggestions from the Philosophy of Science; 3.4.1 Metaphysics and Mathematical Spaces; 3.4.2 Idealizations and Domains of Applicability; 3.4.3 Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Divine Action and the Laws of Nature; 4.1 Divine Intervention(?); 4.2 The Problems with Intervention; 4.2.1 An Incompetent God; 4.2.2 A Capricious or Inconsistent God; 4.2.3 The Problem of Evil; 4.2.4 The God of the Gaps; 4.2.5 Conflicts with Science; 4.3 The Nature of the Laws of Nature 4.3.1 Regularity versus Necessitarian Laws 4.3.2 Laws and Law Statements; 4.4 Noninterventionist Divine Action; 4.4.1 Avoiding Determinism; 4.4.2 Quantum Indeterminism; 4.4.3 Quantum Mechanics + Chaos; 4.4.4 Related Views; 4.5 QD: Pro and Con; 4.5.1 What Quantum Mechanics Allows; 4.5.2 A Bit More of the Physics; 4.5.3 Collapse Theories; 4.5.4 The Amplification Problem; 4.5.5 Chaos to the Rescue?; 4.6 Noninterventionism: Goring the Sacred Cow; 4.6.1 The Infinite Clockmaker; 4.6.2 Capricious or Inconsistent; 4.6.3 The Problem of Evil; 4.6.4 Intervention Conflicts with Science 4.6.5 God of the Gaps |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811158003321 |
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Koperski Jeffrey
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| Chichester, West Sussex, UK : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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