Realism and Openness in Scientific Inquiry

Abstract. Intrinsic to rigorous knowledge of God is the recognition that positive theological concepts and statements about God arising under the compelling claims of God's reality upon the human mind must have an open revisable structure. A similar combination of critical realism and ontologic...

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1. VerfasserIn: Torrance, Thomas F. 1913-2007 (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1988
In: Zygon
Jahr: 1988, Band: 23, Heft: 2, Seiten: 159-169
weitere Schlagwörter:B true/not certain propositions
B unifying field-theory
B intrinsic intelligibility
B epistemological realism/ontological openness
B theological/natural science
B conceptual assent
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract. Intrinsic to rigorous knowledge of God is the recognition that positive theological concepts and statements about God arising under the compelling claims of God's reality upon the human mind must have an open revisable structure. A similar combination of critical realism and ontological openness is apparent in the profound change that has taken place in the rational structure of rigorous science from the radical dualism and closed causal system of classical mechanics to the unifying world view and open dynamic field-theories of modern physics. It is argued that the intersection of theological and natural science in their epis-temological foundations can enhance their ontological commitment and heuristic thrust.
ISSN:1467-9744
Enthält:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1988.tb00625.x