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Author:   Nancey Murphy (Professor of Christian Philosphy, Fuller Seminary, Pasadena) ,  William R. Stoeger, SJ (Staff Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.662kg
ISBN:  

9780199204717

ISBN 10:   0199204713
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   05 April 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Nancey Murphy: Introduction I. Philosophy 1: Nancey Murphy: Reduction - how did we fall into it and can we emerge from it? 2: Robert Van Gulick: Reduction, emergence, and the mind/body problem 3: Robert Van Gulick: Who's in charge here? And who's doing all the work? 4: Terrence Deacon: Three levels of emergent phenomena II. Science 5: George F. R. Ellis: Science, complexity, and the nature of existence 6: Don Howard: Emergence in the physical sciences: lessons from the particle physics and condensed matter debate 7: Martinez Hewlett: True to life? Biological models of origin and evolution 8: Alwyn Scott: Nonlinear science and the cognitive hierarchy 9: Warren S. Brown: The emergence of causally efficacious mental function III. Theology 10: William R. Stoeger, SJ: Reductionism and emergence: implications for the theology and science dialogue 11: John Haught: Emergence, scientific naturalism, and theology 12: Arthur Peacocke: Emergent realities with causal efficacy - philosophical and theological applications 13: Niels Henrik Gregersen: Reduction and emergence in artificial life: a theological appropriation 14: Philip Clayton: Toward a constructive Christian theology of emergence William R. Stoeger, SJ: Postscript

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All in all this is a fascinating collection of essays with differently nuanced positions on the vital themes of emergence, human personhood, and theological reflections thereon. Rodney Holder, Journal of Theological Studies

stimulating and thought provoking book. Celia Deane-Drummond, Science & Christian Belief The essays here are a welcome contribution James G. Murphy Milltown Studies All in all this is a fascinating collection of essays with differently nuanced positions on the vital themes of emergence, human personhood, and theological reflections thereon. Rodney Holder, Journal of Theological Studies

Author Information

Nancey Murphy is Professor of Christian Philosphy at Fuller Seminary, Pasadena. William R. Stoeger, SJ is Staff Astrophysicist, Vatican Observatory, and Adjunct Associate Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona.

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