Remembering Arthur Peacocke: A Personal Reflection

Abstract. I join others who have expressed profound gratitude for the life and thought of Arthur Peacocke. I recall some high points in my interaction with him during a period of forty years as an intellectual companion and personal friend. Some similarities in our thinking about evolution, emergenc...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Barbour, Ian G. 1923-2013 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
In: Zygon
Year: 2008, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 89-102
Further subjects:B John Polkinghorne
B Creation
B Process Philosophy
B top-down causality
B Emergence
B Evolution
B Panentheism
B Charles Hartshorne
B Kenosis
B Alfred North Whitehead
B Arthur Peacocke
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Summary:Abstract. I join others who have expressed profound gratitude for the life and thought of Arthur Peacocke. I recall some high points in my interaction with him during a period of forty years as an intellectual companion and personal friend. Some similarities in our thinking about evolution, emergence, top-down causality, and continuing creation are indicated. Four points of difference are then discussed: (1) Emergent monism or two-aspect process events? (2) Panentheism or process theism? (3) Creation ex nihilo and/or continuing creation? (4) Voluntary or necessary limitation of God's power? Even when we differed I have benefited immensely from our ongoing interaction.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2008.00901.x