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God, chance, and purpose : can God have it both ways? / David J. Bartholomew.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511387237
  • 9780511388224
  • 0511388225
  • 9780511387234
  • 9780511807701
  • 0511807708
  • 9780511380396
  • 0511380399
  • 9786611254896
  • 6611254897
  • 9780511384370
  • 0511384378
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: God, chance, and purpose.DDC classification:
  • 231.5 22
LOC classification:
  • BD595 .B378 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
What is the problem? -- What is chance? -- Order out of chaos -- Chaos out of order -- What is probability? -- What can very small probabilities tell us? -- Can Intelligent Design be established scientifically? -- Statistical laws -- God's action in the quantum world -- The human use of chance -- God's chance -- The challenge to chance -- Choice and chance -- God and risk.
Summary: The thesis of this book is that chance is an integral part of God's creation.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)221244

Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.

What is the problem? -- What is chance? -- Order out of chaos -- Chaos out of order -- What is probability? -- What can very small probabilities tell us? -- Can Intelligent Design be established scientifically? -- Statistical laws -- God's action in the quantum world -- The human use of chance -- God's chance -- The challenge to chance -- Choice and chance -- God and risk.

Print version record.

The thesis of this book is that chance is an integral part of God's creation.