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Während auf Deutsch mit „Implizites Wissen“ ein einziges Werk Polanyis vollständig erschienen ist, und Polanyi daran anschließend hauptsächlich lerntheoretisch rezipiert wurde, haben seine Arbeiten in Originalsprache von Anfang an reiche... more
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      Philosophy of ScienceScience and ReligionTheology and ScienceMichael Polanyi
Since the advent of quantum mechanics, our fundamental physical descriptions of the universe have included a strong element of randomness. While this randomness goes against aspirations to comprehend a fundamental, deterministic order... more
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The design argument, also known as the teleological argument, is one of the most commonly used evidences of the existence of a Creator God. Over the centuries, the argument has taken many forms, from the pre-Socratics to Jewish rabbis to... more
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This paper provides a reasoned response to a column printed in USA Today.  It clarifies the nature and true purposes of both good science and good religious faith.
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Much can be gained from trailing the spiritual narratives of those who have traveled ahead of us, for the God they have found, we may never have considered. How I Found God in Everyone and Everywhere captures for a general audience the... more
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This article examines the, hitherto comparatively unexplored, reception of Greek embryology by medieval Muslim jurists. The article elaborates on the views attributed to Hippocrates (d. ca. 375 BC), which received attention from both... more
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      Islamic LawEmbryologyScience and ReligionIslamic Jurisprudence
In order to create a better future in the struggle with climate change, many people are turning to Buddhism and its environmental principles of interconnectedness and compassion. But do Buddhist values really lead to ecological... more
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This was a talk at "Theology in Mathematics?" (Kraków, Poland, June 8-10, 2014). Abstract: A deep conviction of the majority of mathematicians on the brink of the 20th century was that mathematics is or at least must be infallible,... more
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It is hard to think of an area of Christian theology that provides more scope for interdisciplinary conversation than the doctrine of creation. This doctrine not only invites reflection on an intellectual concept: it calls for... more
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When popular physicist Stephen Hawking dreams at the end of his best-selling Brief History of Time of a Great Unifying Theory (GUT) which would be able to merge the major physical theories describing the laws of nature, he goes on to say:... more
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Fall 2021 Syllabus
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This essay was published in The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology, edited by Christopher A. Beeley and Mark E. Weedman, for the CUAP Studies in Early Christianity (Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2018); this is the... more
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In order to better cope with the pressures and stresses of the current day, modern psychology is anxiously seeking to find new therapies to address the increasing disorders within the human psyche. In the process new fields of research,... more
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In 1988, three laboratories performed a radiocarbon analysis of the Turin Shroud. The results, which were centralized by the British Museum and published in Nature in 1989, provided ‘conclusive evidence’ of the medieval origin of the... more
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The paper deals with the aesthetic and religious dimensions of mathematics. These dimensions are considered as closely connected, though reciprocally non-reducible. “Mathematical beauty” is already firmly established as a term in the... more
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      Philosophy Of MathematicsScience and ReligionReligion and ScienceMathematical beauty
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Here a preprint has been uploaded.
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This dissertation investigates the ways scientific and biotechnological advancement impact and change Jewish law and ethics. It analyzes the contemporary Jewish bioethical debate concerning the identification of maternity and paternity in... more
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For my talks and debates on the resurrection of Jesus and other topics, see my youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK7fMevhmEe8hR_S0aTsV1Q "One of the best Analytic Philosophy ebooks of all time" - BookAuthority . ‘By... more
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The paper discusses the role that Islamic values can play in articulating Islam as an ethical tradition that can shape the international relations.
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简要回顾独特的美国神秘阿迪达(弗兰克林·琼斯)的生活和精神自传。一些版本封面上的贴纸上写着"有史以来最深刻的精神自传",这很可能是真的。我70多岁,读过许多由精神导师和灵性的书,这是最伟大的之一。当然,这是迄今为止我所见过的启蒙过程最全面、最清晰的描述。即使你对人类最迷人的心理过程毫无兴趣,它还是一个惊人的文件,揭示了很多关于宗教、瑜伽和人类心理学的信息,并探讨了人类可能性的深度和局限性。我详细地描述了它,并将他的教学与当代印度神秘奥修的教导进行比较。... more
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Socio-Historical Examination of Religion and Ministry (SHERM) is a biannual, not-for-profit, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes the latest social scientific, historiographic, and ecclesiastic research on religious institutions... more
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A Critique of Alvin Plantinga’s Speech: ‘’Science and Religion: Where the Conflict Really Lies?’’
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      Science and ReligionCritiqueAlvin Plantinga
Numbers are important in the natural world and particularly in the sciences. The writings of Emmanuel Swedenborg also suggest that numbers have a unique spiritual significance, and he explains the meaning for selected numbers that appear... more
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«You must understand that peace is an internal matter. It has to be a self-discipline for an individual or for an entire civilization. It must come from within. If you set up an outside power to enforce peace, this outside power will grow... more
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فیلم مناظره دکتر حمیدرضا آیت‌اللهی، استاد گروه فلسفه دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی و با دکتر صادق زیباکلام، استاد گروه علوم سیاسی دانشگاه تهران درباره علوم انسانی اسلامی، روز دوشنبه بیستم آبان‌ماه 1392در سالن شهیدبهشتی دانشکده حقوق و علوم... more
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O campo da bioética é um território fértil de polêmicas envolvendo as áreas da ciência e da religião. Em pleno século XXI muitas pessoas recusam tratamentos médicos em função de suas crenças religiosas, é, portanto necessário procurar... more
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Developments in evolutionary biology expressed in the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) present new opportunities for theological engagement with biology. Emphases of the EES have the potential to transform our understanding of key... more
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Ci sono diverse forme di verità, ma queste si trovano in contatto. Bisogna riconoscere i limiti di ciascuno di questi ordini. Non si può dubitare che nella stessa scienza ci siano dei presupposti e dei principi di ordine filosofico, e... more
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There has been much public comment on the recent Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis. Not least this has come from climate change commentators, communicators and policy advocates welcoming the Pope’s engagement with the issue. In this... more
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Neuroscientist Catherine Kerr is concerned about how mindfulness meditation research is being portrayed in the media.
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Extreme rituals entail excessive costs without apparent benefits, which raises an evolutionary cost problem (Irons, 2001). It is argued that such intense rituals enhance social cohesion and promote cooperative behaviors (Atran & Henrich,... more
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