Scientific and Theological Responses for Evolution and Biological Complexity
The article analyzes aspects of the relationship between evolution and bio-logical complexity and the attempts made by scholars and theologians to interpret it within the limits of reductionist scientism or theism. For this purpose, firstly, attention is focused on explaining the meaning of the conc...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Repository: | Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/62524 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/62524 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | teleology randomness organism metaphysical assumptions |
| Summary: | The article analyzes aspects of the relationship between evolution and bio-logical complexity and the attempts made by scholars and theologians to interpret it within the limits of reductionist scientism or theism. For this purpose, firstly, attention is focused on explaining the meaning of the concept of «evolution» and its historical and philosophical transformation in the context of the idea of complexity. Secondly, the notion of complexity in theology is used as evidence to support teleology. This approach is criticized by some scholars who consider evolution as a random prosses. They give it the status of a universal metaphysical assumption in evolution. The scientists and theologists both formulate metaphysical assumptions differently to interpret evolution. |
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