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1 online resource (xvi, 322 pages .) |
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Philosophische analyse = Philosophical analysis ; volume 61 |
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Philosophische Analyse ; Bd. 61.
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| Contents |
Preface; 1 Whether there can be providence at all?; 1.1 Arguments Contra; 1.1.1 First argument; 1.1.2 Second argument; 1.1.3 Third argument; 1.2 Argument Pro; 1.3 Proposed Answer; 1.3.1 Definition of 'providence'; 1.3.2 Possibility of Providence; 1.3.3 Remark on terminology; 1.3.4 Result of chapter 1; 1.4 Answer to the Objections; 1.4.1 (to 1.1.1); 1.4.2 (to 1.1.2); 1.4.3 (to 1.1.3); 2 Whether providence can be attributed to God?; 2.1 Arguments Contra; 2.1.1 First argument; 2.1.2 Second argument; 2.2 Argument Pro; 2.3 Proposed Answer; 2.3.1 Result of chapter 2 |
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2.4 Answer to the Objections2.4.1 (to 2.1.1); 2.4.2 (to 2.1.2); 3 Whether providence is concerned with creation?; 3.1 Arguments Contra; 3.1.1 First argument; 3.1.2 Second argument; 3.1.3 Third argument; 3.2 Argument Pro; 3.3 Proposed Answer; 3.3.1 Result of chapter 3; 3.4 Answerto the Objections; 3.4.1 (to3. Ll); 3.4.2 (to 3.12); 3.4.3 (to3.L3); 4 Whether there is order in the change of things?; 4.1 Arguments Contra; 4.1.1 First argument; 4.1.2 Second argument; 4.2 Argument Pro; 4.3 Proposed Answer; 4.3.1 Change by movement; 4.3.2 Thermodynamic change; 4.3.3 Quantummechanical change |
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4.3.4 Result of chapter 44.4 Answerto the Objections; 4.4.1 (to 4.1.1); 4.4.2 (to 4.1.2); 4.5 Conclusion; 5 Whether there is teleological order in nonliving things?; 5.1 Arguments Contra; 5.1.1 First argument; 5.1.2 Second argument; 5.2 Argument Pro; 5.3 Proposed Answer; 5.3.1 Things and systems; 5.3.2 Change and reversibility; 5.3.3 Order; 5.3.4 Becoming; 5.3.5 Teleological order; 5.3.6 Values and goals in nonliving systems; 5.3.7 Result of chapter 5; 5.4 Answerto the Objections; 5.4.1 (to 5.1.1); 5.4.2 (to 5.1.2); 5.5 Conclusion; 6 Whether there is chance and randomness in nonliving things? |
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6.1 Arguments Contra6.1.1 First argument; 6.1.2 Second argument; 6.1.3 Third argument; 6.2 Argument Pro; 6.3 Proposed Answer; 6.3.1 Extreme positions; 6.3.2 Randomness in arithmetic and geometry; 6.3.3 Kinds of chance and randomness concerning dynamical laws of nature; 6.3.4 Kinds of chance and randomness concerning statistical laws of nature; 6.3.5 Complexity and randomness of sequences; 6.3.6 Kinds of chance and randomness w.r.t. structure and order; 6.3.7 Kinds of chance and randomness w.r.t. teleological order; 6.3.8 Results of chapter 6; 6.4 Answer to the Objections; 6.4.1 (to 6.1.1) |
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6.4.2 (to 6.1.2)6.4.3 (to 6.1.3); 7 Whether there is teleological order in living things?; 7.1 Arguments Contra; 7.1.1 First argument; 7.1.2 Second argument; 7.2 Arguments Pro; 7.2.1 First argument; 7.2.2 Second argument; 7.3 Proposed Answer; 7.3.1 Living system (Biosystem); 7.3.2 Order and teleological order in living systems; 7.3.3 Values in living systems; 7.3.3.1 Primary, secondary and basic good of a living system; 7.3.3.2 Goods and values; 7.3.4 Values concerning the history of Is; 7.3.5 Higherlevel teleological order; 7.3.6 Higher human values; 7.3.6.1 Different kinds of higher values |
| Summary |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Teleology.
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Providence and government of God.
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Free will and determinism.
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Chance.
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Good and evil
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RELIGION -- General.
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Chance
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Free will and determinism
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Good and evil
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Providence and government of God
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Teleology
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Teleologie
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Willensfreiheit
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Determinismus
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Vorsehung
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Das Böse
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2014032252 |
| ISBN |
1614518866 |
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9781614518860 |
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1614519501 |
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9781614519508 |
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