Nature & nature's God: a philosophical and scientific defense of aquinas's unmoved mover argument

"Aquinas' first proof for God's existence is usually interpreted as a metaphysical argument immune to any objections coming from empirical science. Connections to Aquinas' own historical understanding of physics and cosmology are ignored or downplayed. Nature and Nature's Go...

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1. Verfasser: Shields, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. The Catholic University of America [2023]
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Zusammenfassung:"Aquinas' first proof for God's existence is usually interpreted as a metaphysical argument immune to any objections coming from empirical science. Connections to Aquinas' own historical understanding of physics and cosmology are ignored or downplayed. Nature and Nature's God proposes a natural philosophical interpretation of Aquinas' argument more sensitive to the broader context of Aquinas' work and yielding a more historically accurate account of the argument. Paradoxically, the book also shows that, on such an interpretation, Aquinas' argument is not only consistent with modern science, but actually confirmed by the history of science, from classical mechanics through 19th century thermodynamics to contemporary cosmology. The first part of the book considers Aquinas' argument in its historical context, exploring the key principles that everything in motion is moved by something else and that an infinite regress of causes is impossible.
Beschreibung:xi, 303 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9780813236674

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