Issues in Science and Theology: What is Life?
This book explores the concept of Life from a range of perspectives. Divided into three parts, it first examines the concept of Life from physics to biology. It then presents insights on the concept from the perspectives of philosophy, theology, and ethics. The book concludes with chapters on the he...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2015.
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| Σειρά: | Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Part I: From Physics to Biology
- Chapter 1: From Physics to Semiotics
- Chapter 2: Is Life Essentially Semiosis? A Commentary
- Chapter 3: Life in the open air.- Chapter 4: Reflections on Life: Lessons from Evolutionary Biology with Insights from Sergius Bulgakov
- Chapter 5: Life in Terms of Nano-Biotechnologies
- Part II: Concepts of Life in Philosophy, Theology and Ethics
- Chapter 6: Life: an Ill-defined Relationship
- Chapter 7: Emergence, Realism, and the Good Life.- Chapter 8: Dust of the Ground and Breath of Life (Gen. 2:7): The notion of ‘life’ in ancient Israel and emergence theory
- Chapter 9: The Openness of Life: Personhood and Faith – An Infinitizer Approach
- Chapter 10: Respect for Life in the Age of Science.- Part III: The Hermeneutics of Life
- Chapter 11: Life and Consciousness: Is there a biological foundation for consciousness?
- Chapter 12: “To Research Living Beings, One Has to Participate in Life”.- Chapter 13: Signs, Science, and Religion: A Biosemiotic Mediation
- Chapter 14: Persons Knowing Life: Theological Possibilities in Michael Polanyi’s Philosophy
- Chapter 15: Life Beyond Critical Realism. Developing Huyssteen’s Transversal Approach to the Science/Theology Dialogue
- Index.
