Chaos and Complexity
This collection of fifteen research papers
explores the implications of chaos and complexity in physical, chemical, and
biological systems for philosophical and theological issues regarding God's
action in the world. After an introduction to chaos and complexity, these
essays respond to a series of questions: do these topics in the natural
sciences lend support for a philosophy of nature based on metaphysical
determinism and indeterminism? In what ways do they shed light on the problem
of general and special providence, and in particular on a non-interventionist
understanding of objectively special divine action? Are there other areas of
science which illuminate these questions more adequately than do chaos and
complexity?
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