God, Evolution, and the Body of Adam

IF 1.1 0 RELIGION

Scientia et Fides Pub Date : 2020-10-30 DOI:10.12775/setf.2020.017

K. Kemp

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Catholic evolutionists have proposed to reconcile evolutionary anthropogenesis with Catholic doctrine by suggesting that a created soul could be infused into a body produced (in part, if not wholly) by evolution from an animal body. Could such an infusion yield not just a Platonic composite but a being with the unity of substance required by a Thomistic philosophy of nature? How could such a soul be the form of the body into which it was infused? This paper suggests that animals seem to have sense-powers with a level of complexity, if not sufficient to underlie the abstraction of concepts in a being that also has a rational soul, then at least nearly so. The burden of proof lies rather on those who think that evolutionary development of such powers is not possible. In its final section, the paper argues that the existence of Eve as a second, and the only additional, initial rational being does not create special problems for the view here articulated.

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上帝、进化论和亚当的身体

天主教进化论者提出，一个受造的灵魂可以被注入一个由动物身体进化而来的身体(部分地，如果不是全部的话)，从而调和进化的人类说与天主教教义。这样的注入会不会不仅产生柏拉图式的复合，而且产生托马斯式自然哲学所要求的具有实体统一性的存在?这样一个灵魂怎么可能是它被注入的身体的形式?这篇论文表明，动物似乎具有一定程度的复杂性的感觉能力，如果不足以构成具有理性灵魂的存在的抽象概念的基础，那么至少接近于如此。举证的责任落在那些认为这种能力不可能进化发展的人身上。在最后一节，论文认为夏娃作为第二个，也是唯一一个额外的，最初的理性存在的存在并没有为这里所阐述的观点带来特殊的问题。

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Scientia et Fides RELIGION-

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1.80

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10.00%

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期刊介绍： "Scientia et Fides" (SetF) is an open access online journal published twice a year. It is promoted by the Faculty of Theology of Nicolaus Copernicus University, in Torun, in collaboration with the Group of Research “Science, Reason and Faith” (CRYF), at the University of Navarra. The journal is characterised by the interdisciplinary approach, multiplicity of research perspectives and broad reflection on methodology as well as analysis of the latest publications on the relationship between science and faith. The tasks of the journal are perfectly expressed by the motto "Veritas in omnibus quaerenda est" ("to seek the truth in all things") from "De revolutionibus" by Nicolaus Copernicus. SetF aims to present rigorous research works regarding different aspects of the relationship between science and religion. For this reason, SetF articles are not confined to the methodology of a single discipline and may cover a wide range of topics, provided that the interdisciplinary dialogue between science and religion is undertaken. The journal accepts articles written in English, Spanish, Polish, French, Italian and German which will be evaluated by a peer-review process.