Creation, evolution and meaning
Robin Attfield.
Bok Engelsk 2006 Robin. Attfield,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : : Ashgate, , c2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (245 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Meaning, verification, and analogy -- Realism, anti-realism, and religion -- God and falsification -- Creation -- Arguments from world to God -- Darwinism, disvalues, and design -- God and evil -- Purpose, immanence, and the argument from value -- Meaning, evolution, and stewardship -- The ethics and metaphysics of stewardship.. - This book presents the case for belief in both creation and evolution at the same time as rejecting creationism. Issues of meaning supply the context of inquiry; the book defends the meaningfulness of language about God, and also relates belief in both creation and evolution to the meaning of life. Meaning, it claims, can be found in consciously adopting the role of steward of the planetary biosphere, and thus of the fruits of creation.Distinctive features include a sustained case for a realist understanding of language about God; a contemporary defence of some of the arguments for belief in G
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| ISBN | 0754604748. - 0754604756. - 9780754604747. - 9780754604754
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