A History And Critique Of Methodological Naturalism
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A History and Critique of Methodological Naturalism
Author | : Joseph B. Onyango Okello |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2016-07-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781498283748 |
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Methodological naturalism is the thesis that only natural features can be factored into any legitimate explanation. Moreover, the thesis contends, any attempt to explain natural phenomena by appealing to supernatural features is unscientific and, therefore, illegitimate. This book argues that nothing inherently problematic afflicts possible appeals to supernatural agency in the attempt to explain select phenomena in nature. Reputable philosophers of the ancient and medieval periods, as well as prominent scientists of the early modern era, invoked supernatural agency in their attempts to understand nature. For them, miraculous interventions in nature by a supernatural agent were not unreasonable. However, the super-naturalistic worldview has been replaced by methodological naturalism. The assumptions of two pivotal figures--David Hume and Charles Darwin--brought about this change. This book shows that this change was motivated by unscientific means. Hence, the change itself remains inconsistent with the assumptions of methodological naturalism.
A History and Critique of Methodological Naturalism
Author | : Joseph B. Onyango Okello |
Publsiher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2016-07-21 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781498283755 |
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Methodological naturalism is the thesis that only natural features can be factored into any legitimate explanation. Moreover, the thesis contends, any attempt to explain natural phenomena by appealing to supernatural features is unscientific and, therefore, illegitimate. This book argues that nothing inherently problematic afflicts possible appeals to supernatural agency in the attempt to explain select phenomena in nature. Reputable philosophers of the ancient and medieval periods, as well as prominent scientists of the early modern era, invoked supernatural agency in their attempts to understand nature. For them, miraculous interventions in nature by a supernatural agent were not unreasonable. However, the super-naturalistic worldview has been replaced by methodological naturalism. The assumptions of two pivotal figures--David Hume and Charles Darwin--brought about this change. This book shows that this change was motivated by unscientific means. Hence, the change itself remains inconsistent with the assumptions of methodological naturalism.
Jesus Skepticism and the Problem of History
Author | : Zondervan, |
Publsiher | : Zondervan Academic |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2019-10-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780310534778 |
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In recent years, a number of New Testament scholars engaged in academic historical Jesus studies have concluded that such scholarship cannot yield secure and illuminating conclusions about its subject, arguing that the search for a historically "authentic" Jesus has run aground. Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History brings together a stellar lineup of New Testament scholars who contend that historical Jesus scholarship is far from dead. These scholars all find value in using the tools of contemporary historical methods in the study of Jesus and Christian origins. While the skeptical use of criteria to fashion a Jesus contrary to the one portrayed in the Gospels is methodologically unsound and theologically unacceptable, these criteria, properly formulated and applied, yield positive results that support the Gospel accounts and the historical narrative in Acts. This book presents a nuanced and vitally needed alternative to the skeptical extremes of revisionist Jesus scholarship that, on the one hand, uses historical methods to call into question the Jesus of the Gospels and, on the other, denies the possibility of using historical methods to learn about Jesus.
The Question of Methodological Naturalism
Author | : Jason N. Blum |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Naturalism |
ISBN | : 9004346627 |
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The Question of Methodological Naturalism offers ten essays on the role of naturalism in religious studies, ranging from sophisticated intellectual histories and philosophical analyses to trenchant denunciations and ringing endorsements. All have profound implications for the study of religions.
Issues in Science and Theology Nature and Beyond
Author | : Michael Fuller,Dirk Evers,Anne Runehov,Knut-Willy Sæther,Bernard Michollet |
Publsiher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2020-02-25 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783030311827 |
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This book addresses a variety of important questions on nature, science, and spirituality: Is the natural world all that there is? Or is it possible to move ‘beyond nature’? What might it mean to transcend nature? What reflections of anything ‘beyond nature’ might be found in nature itself? Gathering papers originally delivered at the 2018 annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT), the book includes contributions of an international group of scientists, philosophers, theologians and historians, all discussing nature and what may lie beyond it. More than 20 chapters explore questions of science, nature, spirituality and more, including Nature – and Beyond? Immanence and Transcendence in Science and Religion Awe and wonder in scientific practice: Implications for the relationship between science and religion The Cosmos Considered as a Moral Institution The transcendent within: how our own biology leads to spirituality Preserving the heavens and the earth: Planetary sustainability from a Biblical and educational perspective Issues in Science and Theology: Nature – and Beyond will benefit a broad audience of students, scholars and faculty in such disciplines as philosophy, history of science, theology, and ethics.
Confessing Community
Author | : Taimaya Ragui |
Publsiher | : Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2023-02-14 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781506486789 |
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This book offers an entryway to the discussion between theological interpretation of Scripture and contextual theology (i.e., tribal theology). It argues for the need to consider the importance of reading the Bible with multiple contexts in mind, while addressing the tension between church and academy in the area of biblical interpretation. Adapting from the theological method of Kevin J. Vanhoozer, it argues for a multi-contextual biblical-theological interpretation of Scripture that maintains evangelical ethos (i.e., the solas of the Reformation), recognizes canonical sense (i.e., the measuring and guiding criteria), asserts Catholic sensibility (i.e., value the contribution of the local and Catholic church), and affirms contextual sensitivity (i.e., the local/tribal confessing community). These are the contexts that enable Christians to read the Bible as what it is, namely, human and divine discourse.
History of Science and Philosophy of Science
Author | : Pradip Kumar Sengupta |
Publsiher | : Pearson Education India |
Total Pages | : 780 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Consciousness |
ISBN | : 8131719308 |
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Naturalism
Author | : William Lane Craig,J.P. Moreland |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2002-01-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781134564521 |
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Naturalism provides a rigorous analysis and critique of the major varieties of contemporary philosophical naturalism. The authors advocate the thesis that contemporary naturalism should be abandoned, in light of the serious objections raised against it. Contributors draw on a wide range of topics including: epistemology, the philosophy of science, the philosophy of mind and agency, and natural theology.