Natural Law and Divine Action: The Search for an Expanded Theory of Causation.
Talk of divine action faces its greatest obstacle when it confronts natural law and efficient causation. If all valid explanations involve deterministic laws, and only microphysical causes actively trigger change, claims for divine action can serve no explanatory role. But science does not in fact r...
| Publicado en: | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 615 - 637 |
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Sep2004
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