Divined Explanations. The Theological and Philosophical Context for the Development of the Sciences (1600-2000)

List of Figures


Notes on Contributors


1?Introduction: How Scientific Theories Emerge in a Matrix of Philosophy and Theology

??Flavia? ?Marcacci?? and ??Paul? ?Allen?????



Part 1?

Early Modernity - 19th Century?

2?The Paradox of Foundation: Descartes' Eternal Truths and the Evil Genius

??Simone? ?Guidi?????



3?Franciscan Syncretistic Theology and Physics: The Science of Fortunato of Brescia (1701-1754)

??Paolo? ?Capitanucci?????



4?In lumbis Adami et Evae?: Questioning the Generation of Humankind in the Early 18th Century

??Luca? ?Tonetti?????



5?Bolzano on God as the Ground of the Existence of the Actual Infinite

??F?a?bio? ?Bertato?????



6?From Thermodynamics to Theology through Philosophy: The Debate on the Second Principle in the Late Nineteenth Century

??Stefano? ?Bordoni?????



7?Social Darwinism and Race: Christian Thought, Evolution and Historiography

??Paul? ?Allen??????



Part 2?

Twentieth Century?

8?Einstein, "Cosmic Religion," and Theology

??Don? ?Howard?????



9?The "Primeval Atom Hypothesis": Where Did It Come From? What Is Its Status?

??Dominique? ?Lambert?????



10?Max Planck, Causality, and the Necessity of God

??Flavia? ?Marcacci?? and ??Gino? ?Tarozzi?????



11?The Mystery of Cosmos?: Negative Issues of Scientific Holism in Quantum Mechanics and Wittgenstein

??Fausto? ?Fraisopi?????



12?Kurt Goedel and the Logical Existence of God

??Andrea? ?Vestrucci?? and ??Christoph? ?Benzm?ue?ller?????



13?John Wheeler, a Seeker in the Atomic Age

??Stefano? ?Furlan?? and ??Rocco? ?Gaudenzi??????



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• Filosofia e religião
• História das idéias
• Filosofia