On the Need for a Philosophy of Nature and on Aquinas's Help in Sketching One
A philosophy of nature is an urgent need if we want to avoid falling back into the Gnostic view of the world and of man's place in it that modern science can t help fostering. The medieval idea of the world as the creation of stable natures by a rational and benevolent God should provide us wit...
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Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association
Year: 2015, Volume: 89, Pages: 35-43 |
RelBib Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KDB Roman Catholic Church NBD Doctrine of Creation VA Philosophy |
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Human Behavior
B Philosophy of nature B GNOSTIC ethics B Scientific Knowledge B VALUES (Ethics) |
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