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Reductionism And Holism, Chance And Selection, Mechanism And Mind, Ursula Goodenough Jun 2005

Reductionism And Holism, Chance And Selection, Mechanism And Mind, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

Despite its rich and deepening panoply of empirical support, evolutionary theory continues to generate widespread concern. Some of this concern can be attributed to misunderstandings of the original concept, some to unfamiliarity with its current trajectories, and some to strongly held fears that it strips the human of cherished attributes. In this essay I seek to deconstruct such misunderstandings, lift up current concepts of what evolution entails, and address some of the existential issues it generates.

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Is Adventist Theology Compatible With Evolutionary Theory?, Fernando Canale Jan 2005

Is Adventist Theology Compatible With Evolutionary Theory?, Fernando Canale

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

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Can We Have It Both Ways?, L. James Gibson Jan 2005

Can We Have It Both Ways?, L. James Gibson

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

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Checking Your Brain At The Church Door?, Allen Shepherd Jan 2005

Checking Your Brain At The Church Door?, Allen Shepherd

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

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What Happens To Biblical Truth If The Sda Church Accepts Theistic Evolution?, Norman R. Gulley Jan 2004

What Happens To Biblical Truth If The Sda Church Accepts Theistic Evolution?, Norman R. Gulley

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

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Issues In "Intermediate" Models Of Origins, Jim Gibson Jan 2004

Issues In "Intermediate" Models Of Origins, Jim Gibson

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

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Adventist Theology And Deep Time/Evolutionary Theory: Are They Compatible?, Fernando Canale Jan 2004

Adventist Theology And Deep Time/Evolutionary Theory: Are They Compatible?, Fernando Canale

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

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Bits And Particles: Information And Machines Sufficient To Infer An Intelligent Designer, Timothy G. Standish Jan 2003

Bits And Particles: Information And Machines Sufficient To Infer An Intelligent Designer, Timothy G. Standish

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

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The "Kinds" Of Genesis 1: What Is The Meaning Of Min?, A. Rahel Schafer Jan 2003

The "Kinds" Of Genesis 1: What Is The Meaning Of Min?, A. Rahel Schafer

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

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Contributions To Creation Theory From The Study Of Nature, L. James Gibson Jan 2003

Contributions To Creation Theory From The Study Of Nature, L. James Gibson

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

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Reflections On Scientific And Religious Metaphor, Ursula Goodenough Jun 2000

Reflections On Scientific And Religious Metaphor, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

The importance of scientific conflicts for theology and philosophy is difficult to judge. In many disputes of significance, prominent scientists can be found on both sides. Profound philosophical and religious implications are sometimes said to be implied by the new theory as well. This article examines the dispute over natural selection between Richard Dawkins and Stephen Jay Gould as a contemporary instance of such a conflict. While both claim that profound philosophical conclusions flow from their own alternative account of evolution, I suggest that the implication is not as great as is claimed and that the alleged implications have as …

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The Holes In Gould's Semipermeable Membrane Between Science And Religion, Ursula Goodenough May 1999

The Holes In Gould's Semipermeable Membrane Between Science And Religion, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

Book review: Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life. Stephen Jay Gould. 241 pp. Ballantine Publishing Group, 1999.

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Biology: What One Needs To Know, Ursula Goodenough Dec 1996

Biology: What One Needs To Know, Ursula Goodenough

Biology Faculty Research

Biology on this planet represents an astonishing experiment in carbon-based chemistry which, over billions of years, has generated billions of species adapted to countless major and minor fluctuations in ecological circumstances. In one sense there is no way to generalize about biology. While biological activities can all be ultimately explained by physical laws (like everything else in the universe), it is the emergent intensely particular properties of organisms that most interest us. This essay represents an attempt to describe some of the more prominent patterns that emerge from the sea of biological particularities, patterns that present many opportunities for religious …

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"The Unknown Darwin", Loren Eiseley Apr 1959

"The Unknown Darwin", Loren Eiseley

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

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4. Social Darwinism, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart Jan 1958

4. Social Darwinism, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XV: Biology and the Rise of the Social Sciences

The singular impact of Darwin in fields other than biology can be attributed largely to one man, Herbert Spencer (1820- 1903). It was Spencer, not Darwin, who coined the expression "survival of the fittest." Although neglected today except by historians of the nineteenth century thought, Spencer's influence on his own time was so great that Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes was able to wonder if "any writer of English except Darwin has done so much to affect our whole way of thinking about the universe." Herbert Spencer was born into a traditionally nonconformist English family of modest means. He refused a …

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2. The Impact Of Darwinism On Religion, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart Jan 1958

2. The Impact Of Darwinism On Religion, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XV: Biology and the Rise of the Social Sciences

The tremendous impact of evolution upon Western religious thought resulted in large part from the sweeping implications of the theory itself, which challenged the basic tenets of traditional dogma. It is difficult to understand the nature and intensity of the controversy that developed, however, if it is not understood that the challenge was given additional weight by the ascendency of science in the nineteenth century. In considering the influence of Darwin's findings on religion, as on other areas of thought, it should be kept in mind that the theory of evolution was presented to a world that was observing a …

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1. Charles Darwin And Organic Evolution, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart Jan 1958

1. Charles Darwin And Organic Evolution, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XV: Biology and the Rise of the Social Sciences

Evolution was not a new idea. The Greeks speculated on it. In the century before Darwin many different evolutionary theories were proposed, among them notable efforts by Buffon, Lamarck, and Goethe. Their common thread was the concept that the succession of biological changes in geological time represented a fact, if not a natural law. The stumbling block was for all of them, as it had been for Cuvier, the concept of fixed species, which clashed with the vision of a distant past populated with races of plants and animals now extinct. It became evident that the idea of fixed species …

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5. Social Darwinism Reconsidered, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart Jan 1958

5. Social Darwinism Reconsidered, Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XV: Biology and the Rise of the Social Sciences

Although the contemporary reaction to the implications of evolution was generally one of long-term optimism, an antithetical reaction did exist. Seen in stark terms, evolutionary theories were depressing to those who, on religious or humanitarian grounds, found the reduction of life to an irrational and brutal struggle for existence disturbing and provocative. There was, however, an important body of thought which accepted Darwin's findings without embracing the social or ethical implications of Social Darwinism. Many who studied Darwin came to the conclusion that it was possible to concede that man is an animal, but an animal capable of moral and …

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A Comparative Study In The Field Of Genetics Of The Organic Evolutionary Hypothesis And The Scriptural Account, A. Delbert Rice May 1955

A Comparative Study In The Field Of Genetics Of The Organic Evolutionary Hypothesis And The Scriptural Account, A. Delbert Rice

Western Evangelical Seminary Theses

Since the beginning of the Church Age, the field of Biblical Apologetics has been the battleground for many acrimonious words and hasty conclusions and the scene of many misunderstandings. Since the advent of the popular exposition of the organic evolutionary hypothesis with Charles Darwin in 1859, many things, based upon a false understanding of the Scriptures or upon a false understanding of scientific evidence, have been said and many accusations made on both sides of the argument. This study has been undertaken to sort from the tons of discussion which have been put forth the few pounds which can be …

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Rationalists In Retreat, W. E. Filmer Jan 1948

Rationalists In Retreat, W. E. Filmer

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

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Recent Opinions Of Biologists On Evolution: 2nd Edition, Evolution Protest Movement Jan 1948

Recent Opinions Of Biologists On Evolution: 2nd Edition, Evolution Protest Movement

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

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The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1889 -- Vol. 11, No. 05, Phi Sigma Oct 1889

The Voice Of The Phi Sigma -- 1889 -- Vol. 11, No. 05, Phi Sigma

The Voice of the Phi Sigma

This item is part of the Phi Sigma collection at the College Archives & Special Collections department of Columbia College Chicago. Contact [email protected] for more information and to view the collection.

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