The Ordinary is Extraordinary; The Wonder of the Mundane Physical World
Journal Title: Scientia et Fides - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
Philip Kitcher and other secular naturalists assert that we have a problem-free concept of the "mundane physical world" and use the idea of our familiar material world to critique those who recognize a transcendent reality as in theism. It is argued that the naturalist's concept of the world faces problems involving the primacy of the mental, normativity, sensations and consciousness, and contemporary science. A closing section suggests, contra secular naturalism, that our experience of the mundane world can be suffused with a sense of the transcendent, as we find in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina. This conclusion is supported by reference to other work.
Authors and Affiliations
Charles Taliaferro
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP194975
- DOI 10.12775/SetF.2015.021
- Views 97
- Downloads 0
Cyborg and Religious? Technonature and Technoculture
We are all aware that our idea of natural/unnatural has been changing over the centuries. According to Donna Haraway, we must exit the maze of dualisms that has marred the relationships between human and non-human nature...
Mariano Artigas (1938—2006) Testimonio de unos encuentros y breves reflexiones sobre el Grupo de Investigación Ciencia, Razón y Fe (CRYF) de la Universidad de Navarra
Mariano Artigas (1938–2006). Testimony of some meetings and brief reflections on the Research Group Science, Reason and Faith (CRYF) of the University of Navarra This contribution is aimed to emphasise the author’s pers...
Algunas actitudes y perspectivas intelectuales del profesor Artigas
Some intellectual attitudes and views of Professor Artigas Mariano Artigas (1938–2006) is one of the authors that has significantly contributed to the philosophical study of nature and the philosophy of science in the 2...
El argumento de diseño y la quinta vía de Santo Tomás
The argument from design and Aquinas’ fifth way In scientific literature it is common to make equivalence between the so-called argument from design and the fifth way of Thomas Aquinas. It is commonly assumed that both...
La dimensión ética de la ciencia según Mariano Artigas
The Ethical Dimension of Science According to Mariano Artigas Many authors have written, from different approaches, about the relationships between ethics and science. In this work, we analyze how Mariano Artigas (a phy...