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Natural Law, Metaphysics, and the Creator

Stump, Eleonore
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Stump, Eleonore
Abstract
In this paper, I contrast the notion of natural law on a secularist scientific picture with the notion of natural law in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. I show the way in which the highly various metaphysics of the two worldviews give rise to such divergent notions. In this connection, I look at contemporary arguments against reductionism in the sciences and in recent metaphysics. I argue that this new antireductionist approach sits more easily with the Thomistic worldview than with the secularist scientific view.
Keywords
Reductionism, Thomas Aquinas, Natural law, Metaphysics, Emergence, Joint attention
Date
2017
Type
Book chapter
Journal
Book
The Future of Creation Order
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Page Range
33-49
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ACU Department
Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14802/1033
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10.1007/978-3-319-70881-2_2
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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-70881-2_2
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017, corrected publication 2018.