THE UNIFORMITY OF NATURAL LAWS IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN: NATURALISM, THEISM, AND SCIENTIFIC PRACTICE.

A historical perspective allows for a different view on the compatibility of theistic views with a crucial foundation of modern scientific practice: the uniformity of nature, which states that the laws of nature are unbroken through time and space. Uniformity is generally understood to be part of a...

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Publicado en:Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 536 - 561
Autor principal: Stanley, Matthew
Formato: Essay
Publicado: Open Library of Humanities Sep2011
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