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Laws of Nature.
Up until the time of Newton, scientists regarded the understandings of the physical world, at which they were arriving, as glimpses of the working of the Creator's mind. Thus, the generalisations being formulated about the behaviour of matter - the "Laws of Nature"--Were seen as the C...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2015.
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| Colección: | Conversations in Science and Religion.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Up until the time of Newton, scientists regarded the understandings of the physical world, at which they were arriving, as glimpses of the working of the Creator's mind. Thus, the generalisations being formulated about the behaviour of matter - the "Laws of Nature"--Were seen as the Creator's injunctions, to created matter, as to how it was to act. They were "laws" in the same sense as laws, Divine or human, about how people should behave: that is why the same word was used for both. And even now, scientific laws are occasionally spoken of as being "obeyed"!However, it is doubtful whether any |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1443883034 9781443883030 |