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Reshaping natural theology = seeing nature as creation /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Reshaping natural theology/ Mats Wahlberg.
Reminder of title:	seeing nature as creation /
Author:	Wahlberg, Mats.
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan, : 2012.,
Description:	ix, 260 p. ;23 cm.;
Subject:	Nature - Religious aspects -
Online resource:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
ISBN:	9780230393141 (electronic bk.)

Reshaping natural theology = seeing nature as creation /
Wahlberg, Mats.

Reshaping natural theologyseeing nature as creation /[electronic resource] :Mats Wahlberg. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;Palgrave Macmillan,2012. - ix, 260 p. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251).

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bursting Descartes' Bubble -- Perception and Concepts -- Perceptual Evidence -- Perceiving Other Minds -- Seeing Nature as Creation -- Possible Defeaters -- Unapologetic Theology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index --.

Is nature creation or merely the product of non-intentional, natural processes? Mats Wahlberg argues that our perceptual experiences of nature can settle this question in favor of creation. He suggests that biological nature has expressive properties of a kind similar to human behavior and art. We may therefore be able to perceive b6 s directly b6 s nature as creation, i.e. as expressive of the mind of a creator. This idea resonates with the traditional Christian claim that God's invisible nature can be 'clearly perceived in the things that have been made' (Rom 1:20). Wahlberg's interpretation of this claim contradicts the common view that the existence of a creator must be established by inferential argument. The book's thesis is compatible with the fact that biological organisms have evolved by natural selection. Its viability depends, however, on the rejection of certain common assumptions about the nature of mind and perception b6 s assumptions that may properly be called 'Cartesian'. The author presents and defends an anti-Cartesian stance on mind and perception, inspired mainly by the work of the philosopher John McDowell. The philosophical resources provided by this stance are then drawn on to defend the book's version of natural theology.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230393141 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 9786613900227

Source: 550598Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

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LC Class. No.: BS660 / .W34 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 213

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