THE IDEALIST VIEW OF DIVINE ACTION IN NATURE.
Theologies of divine action in nature have sought to maximize traction with the sciences to secure their credibility. While varying in significant ways, all extant proposals share a commitment to physical realism, the claim that (at least some) physical entities and facts are both mind‐independent a...
| Publicado en: | Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 924 - 948 |
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Open Library of Humanities
Dec2020
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