GAPS IN THE ARGUMENT: A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF COSMOLOGY |
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| Authors: | by Michael Ruse |
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| Institution: | Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306;e-mail . |
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| Abstract: | In this discussion review of Robert John Russell's collection of essays I agree with him about the necessity of human existence given the claims of Christian theology. I look in detail at his suggestions for speaking to this issue, especially his thesis of NIODA—noninterventionist objective divine action. I end up disagreeing with the suggestion and argue that in respects Russell is tackling the science-religion relationship in the wrong way. |
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| Keywords: | Simon Conway Morris Richard Dawkins Stephen Jay Gould human nature NIODA (noninterventionist objective divine action) Robert John Russell |
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