Czy współczesne nauki przyrodnicze mogą inspirować filozoficzny i teologiczny namysł nad przyczynowością

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ID21244874
AuthorsMariusz Tabaczek (0000-0001-6985-8337, Tomsk Institute of Economics and Law, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume6
Issue2
Pages147
Publication date2018-10-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScientia et Fides (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2353-5636 • E-ISSN: 2300-7648
PublisherUniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.12775/setf.2018.016
OpenAlexW2903013626
LanguagePL
Citations received2
References cited13

Can Contemporary Science Inspire Philosophical and Theological Reflection on Causality?The cooperation between natural science, philosophy, and theology in an analysis of the causal structure and co-dependency of entities in the universe seems to be both legitimate and expected. It turns out, however, that in practice it oftentimes raises some tensions, questions and difficulties, leading to the development of alternative and in a sense competitive models of causality and of God’s action in the world. What is more, (1) the attitude of natural sciences since modernity, concentrated on gaining knowledge about natural phenomena to predict and control them, without trying to determine the nature of their ultimate causes, (2) Humean criticism and rejection of the concept of causality as such, and (3) concentration of analytic philosophers on the description of what accompanies phenomena classified as causal, leaving aside the question of the metaphysical status of causes and effects – they all seem to make impossible an interaction and mutual reference of contemporary science, philosophy, and theology in their reflection on the topic of causation. The main goal of this article is to defend the thesis about the possible and actual influence of scientific analysis of cause and effect relationships on the philosophical and theological reflection on causation, not only in the Middle Ages and Modernity, but also in contemporary thought. The presentation of the latest positions in the debate on divine action in the natural world will be followed by an argument in favor of the relevance of the model developed by philosophers and theologians representing the Thomistic school

Causation · Criticism · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Modernity · Natural law · Philosophical analysis · Political science · Catholicism, Bioethics, Media, Education · History · Law · Medieval Philosophy and Theology · Philosophy · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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