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Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Philosophia, 2021 Published in 2020 at Editura Universității din București (University of Bucharest Publishing House), the book “2400 Years of Thinking with Aristotle” gathers together the contributions of participants at the International Conference 2400 Aristotle ...
Radu SIMION
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Computational and Biological Analogies for Understanding Fine-Tuned Parameters in Physics
, 2010 In this philosophical paper, we explore computational and biological analogies to address the fine-tuning problem in cosmology. We first clarify what it means for physical constants or initial conditions to be fine-tuned. We review important distinctions
B. Carr +39 more
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This essay, designed as a complement to opinions expressed by Rowan Williams and some speakers at the conference in his honour, explores features of early Christianity which suggest a positive evaluation of artificial intelligence. Noting that the fear of reducing humans to machines has been joined in the modern age by the fear that machines ...
Mark J. Edwards
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QUANTUM COSMOLOGIES AND THE “BEGINNING”
Zygon, 1991 . The cosmology proposed by Stephen Hawking has been understood as support for an atheistic stance, due mainly to its view of the nature of time in combination with the absence of explicit boundary conditions.
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The Fine-Tuning Argument [PDF]
, 2015 Our laws of nature and our cosmos appear to be delicately fine-tuned for life to emerge, in a way that seems hard to attribute to chance. In view of this, some have taken the opportunity to revive the scholastic Argument from Design, whereas others have ...
Landsman, Klaas
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Theologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Though Eriugena's affinities with several Hindu traditions are clear, this article offers to my knowledge the first detailed discussion of Eriugena's theology in relation to any Indic theological school, here, the nondualist Śaiva tradition known as the Pratyabhijñā (“Recognition”) lineage.
Matthew Z. Vale
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Czy filozof powinien bać się Stephena Hawkinga?
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2011 Scientists, who have made significant contributions to the deepening of knowledge in their area of research, often engage in discussions concerning the ultimate explanations of the Universe.
Wojciech Grygiel
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Entropy, 2014 We performed an in depth analysis of the subjects of entropy and the second law of thermodynamics and how they are treated in astrophysical systems. These subjects are retraced historically from the early works on thermodynamics to the modern statistical
Jeroen Schoenmaker
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Cosmology and Science Education: Problems and Promises
, 2012 Cosmology differs in some respects significantly from other sciences, primarily because of its intimate association with issues of a conceptual and philosophical nature.
Kragh, Helge
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From Galileo to Hubble: Copernican principle as a philosophical dogma defining modern astronomy [PDF]
, 2018 For centuries the case of Galileo Galilei has been the cornerstone of every major argument against the church and its supposedly unscientific dogmatism.
Kakos, Spyridon
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