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The intelligibility of nature : a William A. Wallace reader /
"The intelligibility of nature was a persistent theme of William A. Wallace, OP, one of the most prolific Catholic scholars of the late twentieth century. This Reader aims to make available a representative selection of his work in the history of science, natural philosophy, and theology illust...
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Washington, D.C. :
The Catholic University of America Press,
[2023]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: A Scholarly Career Affirming the Intelligibility of Nature
- Part I. The Intelligibility of Nature
- Chapter One. The Intelligibility of Nature: A Neo-Aristotelian View
- Chapter Two. A Place for Form in Science: The Modeling of Nature
- Part II. The Scientific Relevance of the Thomistic Tradition
- Chapter Three. St. Thomas Aquinas, Galileo, and Einstein
- Chapter Four. Thomism and the Quantum Enigma
- Part III. From Aristotle to Galileo
- Chapter Five. Medieval and Renaissance Sources of Modern Science: A Revision of Duhem's Continuity Thesis Based on Galileo's Early Notebooks
- Chapter Six. Aquinas, Galileo, and Aristotle
- Chapter Seven. The Certitude of Science in Late Medieval and Renaissance Thought
- Part IV. Nature and Her Creator
- Chapter Eight. Newtonian Antinomies against the Prima Via
- Chapter Nine. Metaphysics and the Existence of God
- Chapter Ten. The Cosmological Argument: A Reappraisal
- Chapter Eleven. Review of Anthony Kenny's The Five Ways
- Chapter Twelve. The First Way: A Rejoinder
- Chapter Thirteen. Immateriality and Its Surrogates in Modern Science
- Part V. ConcludingThoughts
- Chapter Fourteen. The Case for Developmental Thomism
- Lifetime Bibliography of William A. Wallace, O.P.
- Index