Ernan McMullin and Critical Realism in the Science-Theology Dialogue.

Relying on the lifetime work of philosopher Ernan McMullin, this book expands our understanding of critical realism beyond a permanent stand off between the subjective and objective, whether in science or theology. Critical realism illuminates the subject and the objectively known simultaneously. Re...

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Main Author: Allen, Paul L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2007
Series:New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Contemporary Natural Theology and Critical Realism in Science and Theology; 2 McMullin's Scientific Realism and the Theory of Retroduction; 3 Cosmology and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge; 4 McMullin, Faith and Rationality; 5 Extending McMullin's Theology of Self-transcendence; Conclusion; Chronological Bibliography of Ernan McMullin's Works; Index.