Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature最新文献

Grounding and Participation in God 扎根与参与神

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-15

Ross D. Inman

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Logical and Mathematical Powers 逻辑和数学能力

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-11

A. Ramos-Díaz

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Free Will in a Network of Interacting Causes 相互作用的原因网络中的自由意志

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-8

T. O'connor

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Teleology, Providence, and Powers 目的论、天意与权力

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-19

S. Kopf

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Restoring the Hierarchy of Being 恢复存在的等级

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-5

D. Oderberg

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Evolution and the Principle of Proportionality 演化与比例原则

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-6

Stephen J. Boulter

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God and Hylomorphism 上帝与同形说

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-16

A. Peterson

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Essential Thermochemical and Biological Powers 基本的热化学和生物能力

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-4

R. Koons

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From Quantum Physics to Classical Metaphysics 从量子物理学到古典形而上学

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-3

W. M. Simpson

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God, Chance and Evolution 上帝，机遇和进化

Neo-Aristotelian Metaphysics and the Theology of Nature Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.4324/9781003125860-18

A. Pruss

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