Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (1922 – 1987): Scientist and Accidental Philosopher: A Critical Appreciation
In this paper I present an overview of the life and work of Donald MacCrimmon Mackay, a distinguished Christian polymath who made significant contributions across a number of domains in science and philosophy in the middle part of the 20th Century, and the centenary of whose birth was in 2022. After...
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| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Press
2024
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Science & Christian belief
Year: 2024, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-102 |
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Philosophers
B FREE will & determinism B Free Will B Logical Indeterminism B Determinism B Complementarity B Twentieth Century B Theology & Science B Realism B Compatibilism |
| Summary: | In this paper I present an overview of the life and work of Donald MacCrimmon Mackay, a distinguished Christian polymath who made significant contributions across a number of domains in science and philosophy in the middle part of the 20th Century, and the centenary of whose birth was in 2022. After a brief biographical sketch, we will review his contribution to theology & science, the main ones of these being: complementarity, an innovative concept relating information and matter, and mind and brain; and logical indeterminism, a proposed solution to the problem of free will and determinism. I hope that this overview will stimulate interest in, and further exploration of, his ideas. |
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