Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-16952-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Routledge Science and Religion Series

This book investigates the nature and relevance of conjunctive explanations in the context of science and religion. It explores questions concerning how scientific and religious explanations for features of the world or phenomena within it relate to each other and whether they might work together in mutually enriching ways. The chapters address topics including the relationship between Darwinian and teleological explanations, non-reductive explanations of mind and consciousness, and explanations of Christian faith and religious experience, while others explore theological and philosophical issues concerning the nature and feasibility of conjunctive explanations. Overall, the contributions help to provide conceptual clarity on how scientific and religious explanations might or might not work together conjunctively as well as exploring how these ideas relate to specific topics in science and religion more generally.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Finnegan, Diarmid A

H Glass, David

Leidenhag, Mikael

Livingstone, David N

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Conjunctive Explanations in Science and Religion: An Introduction

Diarmid A. Finnegan, David H. Glass, Mikael Leidenhag and David N. Livingstone

CONVERSATION I Explanation in Science and Religion

1 Conjunctive Explanations: How Science and Religion Can Work Together

David H. Glass

Conjuctive Explanations: A Response

Aku Visala

2 Agents as Difference Makers, or Why Many Human Actions Have Mental Causes

Aku Visala

Agents as Difference Makers: A Response

David H. Glass

CONVERSATION II Designing Darwinism

3 The Telos of Darwin’s Troubling Metaphor: Darwin’s Pigeons, Dennett’s Cranes, Fodor’s Granny

David N. Livingstone

The Telos of Darwin’s Troubling Metaphor: A Response

E. V. Rope Kojonen

4 Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: Evaluating the Darwinian Case against Conjunctive Explanations

E. V. Rope Kojonen

Asa Gray vs. Charles Darwin: A Response

David N. Livingstone

CONVERSATION III Irreducibilities, Material and Mental

5 God, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations

Joanna Leidenhag

God, Consciousness and Conjunctive Explanations: A Response

Tom Mcleish

6 Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Substrate for Conjunctive Explanations

Tom Mcleish

Complementary Causation and Emergence: A Response

Joanna Leidenhag

CONVERSATION IV Divine Causes and Mental Beliefs

7 A Conjunctive Explanation About Psychopathology? Hearing Voices, Psychosis and Religious Experience

Anastasia Philippa Scrutton

A Conjunctive Explanation about Psychopathology? A Response

Andrew Torrance

8 A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith

Andrew Torrance

A Conjunctive Explanation of the Mental Phenomenon of Christian Faith: A Response

Anastasia Philippa Scrutton

CONVERSATION V The (Im)possibility of Theological Explanations

9 Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? The Cognitive Science of Religion and Ockham’s Razor

Gijsbert Van Den Brink

Are Theological Explanations Superfluous? A Response

David O. Brown

10 A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria

David O. Brown

A Re-Evaluation of Non-Overlapping Magisteria: A Response

Gijsbert Van Den Brink

CONVERSATION VI Explanatory Virtues: Theological Explorations

11 John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation

Stephen N. Williams

John Polkinghorne on Conjunctive Explanation: A Response

Alister Mcgrath

12 An Explanatory Mosaic

Alister Mcgrath

An Explanatory Mosaic: A Response

Stephen N. Williams

Über Autor(innen)

Diarmid A. Finnegan is a Reader in the Geography, the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.

David H. Glass is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing at Ulster University, Northern Ireland.

Mikael Leidenhag is a Research Fellow in the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland.

David N. Livingstone is a Professor in Geography, the School of Natural and Built Environment at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.