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Author Finnegan, Diarmid A

Title Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (346 p.)
Series Routledge Science and Religion Ser
Routledge Science and Religion Ser
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion: An Introduction -- CONVERSATION I: Explanation in Science and Religion -- 1. Conjunctive Explanations: How Science and Religion Can Work Together -- Conjunctive Explanations: A Response -- 2. Agents as Difference Makers, or Why Many Human Actions Have Mental Causes -- Agents as Difference Makers: A Response -- CONVERSATION II: Designing Darwinism
3. The Telos of Darwin's Troubling Metaphor: Darwin's Pigeons, Dennett's Cranes, Fodor's Granny -- The Telos of Darwin's Troubling Metaphor: A Response -- 4. Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: Evaluating the Darwinian Case against Conjunctive Explanations -- Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: A Response -- CONVERSATION III: Irreducibilities, Material and Mental -- 5. God, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations -- God, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations: A Response -- 6. Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Substrate for Conjunctive Explanations
Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Response -- CONVERSATION IV: Divine Causes and Mental Beliefs -- 7. A Conjunctive Explanation about Psychopathology? Hearing Voices, Psychosis and Religious Experience -- A Conjunctive Explanation about Psychopathology? A Response -- 8. A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith -- A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith: A Response -- CONVERSATION V: The (Im)possibility of Theological Explanations -- 9. Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? The Cognitive Science of Religion and Ockham's Razor
Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? A Response -- 10. A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria -- A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria: A Response -- CONVERSATION VI: Explanatory Virtues: Theological Explorations -- 11. John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation -- John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation: A Response -- 12. An Explanatory Mosaic -- An Explanatory Mosaic: A Response -- Index
Summary This book investigates the nature and relevance of conjunctive explanations in the context of science and religion
Notes Description based upon print version of record
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Author H. Glass, David
Leidenhag, Mikael
Livingstone, David N
ISBN 9781000840377
1000840379