David J. Bartholomew

God, Chance and Purpose

Can God Have It Both Ways?

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Subtitled, "Can God Have It Both Ways?". Proposes that chance is an integral part of God's creation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780521707084
• ISBN-10: 0521707080
• Artikelnr.: 23247508

Autorenporträt

David J. Bartholomew is Emeritus Professor of Statistics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His numerous publications include Measuring Intelligence: Facts and Fallacies (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

1. What is the problem?
2. What is chance?
3. Order out of chaos
4. Chaos out of order
5. What is probability?
6. What can very small probabilities tell us?
7. Can 'Intelligent Design' be established scientifically?
8. Statistical laws
9. God's action in the quantum world
10. The human use of chance
11. God's chance
12. The challenge to chance
13. Choice and chance
14. God and risk.