Stoeger, SJ, William R. (Staff Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory,

Evolution and Emergence

Systems, Organisms, Persons
Herausgeber: Murphy, Nancey

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Produktbeschreibung

A collection of essays by experts in the field, exploring how nature works at every level to produce more complex and highly organized objects, systems, and organisms from much simpler components, and how our increasing understanding of this universal phenomenon of emergence can lead us to a deeper and richer appreciation of who we are as human beings and of our relationship to God. Several chapters introduce the key philosophical ideas about reductionism and emergence, while others explore the fascinating world of emergent phenomena in physics, biology, and the neurosciences. Finally there are contributions probing the meaning and significance of these findings for our general description of the world and ourselves in relation to God, from philosophy and theology. The collection as a whole will extend the mutual creative interaction among the sciences, philosophy, and theology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 145mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 644g
• ISBN-13: 9780199204717
• ISBN-10: 0199204713
• Artikelnr.: 22820393

Autorenporträt

Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosphy at Fuller Seminary, Pasadena. William R. Stoeger, SJ is Staff Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* I. Philosophy
* 1: Nancey Murphy: Reduction - how did we fall into it and can we
emerge from it?
* 2: Robert Van Gulick: Reduction, emergence, and the mind/body problem
* 3: Robert Van Gulick: Who's in charge here? And who's doing all the
work?
* 4: Terrence Deacon: Three levels of emergent phenomena
* II. Science
* 5: George F. R. Ellis: Science, complexity, and the nature of
existence
* 6: Don Howard: Emergence in the physical sciences: lessons from the
particle physics and condensed matter debate
* 7: Martinez Hewlett: True to life? Biological models of origin and
evolution
* 8: Alwyn Scott: Nonlinear science and the cognitive hierarchy
* 9: Warren S. Brown: The emergence of causally efficacious mental
function
* III. Theology
* 10: William R. Stoeger, SJ: Reductionism and emergence: implications
for the theology and science dialogue
* 11: John Haught: Emergence, scientific naturalism, and theology
* 12: Arthur Peacocke: Emergent realities with causal efficacy -
philosophical and theological applications
* 13: Niels Henrik Gregersen: Reduction and emergence in artificial
life: a theological appropriation
* 14: Philip Clayton: Toward a constructive Christian theology of
emergence
* Postscript