Causation, Dispositions, and Physical Occasionalism

Even though theistic philosophers and scientists agree that God created, sustains, and providentially governs the physical universe and even though much has been published in general regarding divine action, what is needed is a fine-grained, conceptually coherent account of divine action, causation,...

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Published in:Zygon
Authors: Schultz, Walter J. 1950- (Author) ; D'Andrea-Winslow, Lisanne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Zygon
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theism / Creation / God / Plot / Causality / Chance
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBD Doctrine of Creation
Further subjects:B Concurrentism
B laws of nature
B Occasionalism
B Aseity
B Causation
B Dispositions
B Divine Action
B Mechanism
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Summary:Even though theistic philosophers and scientists agree that God created, sustains, and providentially governs the physical universe and even though much has been published in general regarding divine action, what is needed is a fine-grained, conceptually coherent account of divine action, causation, dispositions, and laws of nature consistent with divine aseity, satisfying the widely recognized adequacy conditions for any account of dispositions.1 Such an account would be a basic part of a more comprehensive theory of divine action in relation to the fundamental concepts of science and of mathematics. Our aim in this article is simply to present such a theory.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12372