168 Pages
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Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
A longstanding question at the intersection of science, philosophy, and theology is how God might act, or not, when governing the universe. Many believe that determinism would prevent God from acting at all, since to do so would require violating the laws of nature. However, when a robust view of these laws is coupled with the kind of determinism now used in dynamics, a new model of divine action... Read more
1 Philosophy and Divine Action
2 Mapping the Terrain
3 Nonviolation, Quantum Mechanics, and Chaos
4 A Brief History of the Laws of Nature
5 Philosophy of Science and the Laws of Nature
6 Determinisms
7 Neo-Classical Special Divine Action
8 Four Objections
Biography
Jeffrey Koperski is Professor of Philosophy at Saginaw Valley State University, USA. He is an editorial board member for Philosophy Compass and has published articles in journals such as Philosophy of Science, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, and Zygon, among others. He is also the author of The Physics of Theism (2015).
