1st Edition

Creation Law and Probability

210 Pages

by Routledge

212 Pages

by Routledge

210 Pages

by Routledge

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Published in 1999. How can we reconcile assumptions about the lawfulness of the universe with provision for chance events? Do the ‘laws of nature’ indicate what absolutely must happen, or just what is most likely to happen? These are important questions for both science and theology, and are explored here in the first in-depth coverage of an important but neglected topic. Including... Read more

1. Concepts of Law and Probability in Theology and Science Fraser Watts 2. The Development of the Concept of Laws of Nature Peter Harrison 3. Contemporary Philosophical Concepts of Laws of Nature: The Quest for Broad Explanatory Consonance Philip Clayton 4. Multiverse and Ultimate Causation George F.R. Eliis 5. Laws of Physics, Principles of Self-Organization, and Natural Capacities: On Explaining a Self-Organizing World Neils Henrik Gregerson 6. Chance and Evolution Michael Ruse 7. Neuroscience, Determinism, and Downward Causation: Defusing the Free Will Problem Nancey Murphy 8. God and Probability David J. Bartholomew 9. From Law and Chance in Nature to Ultimate Reality Wesley J. Wildman 10. Creation, Law and Probability: A World Religious’ Perspective John Bowker