1st Edition

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency Thomas Aquinas’ Metaphysics of Divine Action

By Ignacio Silva Copyright 2022
170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

170 Pages
by Routledge

Providence and Science in a World of Contingency offers a novel assessment of the contemporary debate over divine providential action and the natural sciences, suggesting a re-consideration of Thomas Aquinas’ metaphysical doctrine of providence coupled with his account of natural contingency. By looking at the history of debates over providence and nature, the volume provides a set of criteria... Read more

1. Digging for Criteria: A Metaphysical History of Divine Providence  2. Science and Providence Today  3. A Metaphysics of Natural Contingency  4. A Metaphysics of God’s Providence  5. Thomas Aquinas Today 

Biography

    Ignacio Silva is Associate Professor of Theology and Science at the Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad Austral, Argentina, and Associate Member of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, University of Oxford, UK.