Thomas Aquinas in Dialogue with Modern Causal Explanations
Within modern science, the rich explanatory power of causality has been relocated down to a simple, lacking notion of causality implicitly defined as ‘the material origin of a series.’ Through the course of this paper, I examine two prominent examples in modern science where this notion of causality...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Paternoster Press
2024
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Science & Christian belief
Anno: 2024, Volume: 36, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 63-82 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
BIG bang theory
B Thomas Aquinas B Big Bang Theory B Interaction Problem B CAUSATION (Philosophy) B Causality B Mind / Body Problem B THOMAS, Aquinas, Saint, ca. 1225-1274 |
| Riepilogo: | Within modern science, the rich explanatory power of causality has been relocated down to a simple, lacking notion of causality implicitly defined as ‘the material origin of a series.’ Through the course of this paper, I examine two prominent examples in modern science where this notion of causality is on full display. The first of these examples is the origin of the universe as espoused by the Big Bang theory. The second is the mind/body problem. In both cases, the modern notion of causality, as the origin of a material series, is utterly deficient in explanatory power. To rescue the notion of causality, I detail the classical view of causality as espoused by the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition and shown clearly in the Christian Faith. Most importantly, I show how reintroducing immaterial causality would absolve the explanatory gap in both cases. With this fuller notion of causality, I show how the origin of the universe and the mind/body problem are only problems considering the modern, deficient sense of causality. If the view of immaterial causality found in the Christian tradition is allowed, ample explanation is given as to the mechanics of both the origin of the universe and the mind/body problem. |
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