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1. General Term: Metaphysical
and skepticism concerning metaphysical claims, which are considered unverifiable by modern science. In matters of religion, the problem of validating metaphysical claims is most readily seen in all of the "proofs" for the existence
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2. Divine Action Topic: Ellis, George F. R. “The Thinking Underlying the N...
namely evil, as well as the metaphysical ambiguity of nature, since kenosis requires free will , and free will requires genuine metaphysical ambiguity and makes evil deeds a possibility. Moreover, evolution is also entailed; special creation would
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3. Divine Action Topic: Wildman, Wesley J. “Evaluating the Teleological Ar...
traces the links between metaphysical contextualizations of teleology and theories of divine action, stressing the metaphysical ambiguity which complicates these links. If the locus of the teleological principle is natural law, divine action
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4. Divine Action Topic: Wildman, Wesley J. and Robert John Russell. “Chaos...
equations requires metaphysical determinism in nature, because of complexities in the experimental testing of the mathematical models used in chaos theory. In particular, it may be very difficult to distinguish phenomenologically between
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5. Divine Action Topic: Murphy, Nancey. “Divine Action in the Natural Orde...
Then she surveys changes in metaphysical views of matter and causation from ancient to modern philosophy. The historical survey is intended to put in question current metaphysical assumptions about the nature of matter and of natural causes, as
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6. Genetics Topic: Is DNA the Essence of Life?
successfully support the metaphysical or moral uniqueness of DNA. Even DNA’s capacity to replicate does not elevate this molecule to a higher metaphysical or moral level. Replication and sexual reproduction are important capacities,
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7. Divine Action Topic: Polkinghorne, John. “The Metaphysics of Divine Act...
requires the adoption of a metaphysical view of the nature of reality. He claims that there is no “deductive” way of going “from epistemology to ontology ,” but the strategy of critical realism is to maximize the connection.
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8. Divine Action Topic: Polkinghorne, John. “Physical Process, Quantum Eve...
criteria, including metaphysical principles. Theologians who believe that divine action requires indeterministic physical processes have every right to prefer Bohr’s conventional approach, as long as they do not claim that science
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9. Evolution Topic: Is Evolution Wedded to Atheism?
says about evolution’s metaphysical implications carry any weight at all? Physicist-priest John Polkinghorne , one of the most esteemed scholars of science and religion featured in the movie, rightly reminds us that “metaphysical claims
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10. Physics Topic: The Theology of Providence
with epistemological and metaphysical reductionism to portray all of nature as an impersonal mechanism. David Hume challenged the arguments for God as first cause and as designer. In response, Immanuel Kant constructed a new
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