What Caused the Big Bang?: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion, cartea 115
Autor Rem B. Edwardsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2000
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9789042014077
ISBN-10: 9042014075
Dimensiuni: 150 x 220 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion
ISBN-10: 9042014075
Dimensiuni: 150 x 220 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: Brill
Colecția Brill
Seria Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy and Religion
Notă biografică
REM B. EDWARDS received his A.B. degree from Emory University in 1956, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During graduate school, he was a Danforth Graduate Fellow. He received a B.D. degree from Yale University Divinity School in 1959 and a Ph.D. from Emory University in 1962. He taught for four years at Jacksonville University in Florida, moved from there to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 1966, and retired from there partly in 1997 and partly in 1998. He continues to be professionally active and kept an office on the University campus until the end of May 2000. He was a U. T. Chancellor’s Research Scholar in 1985 and a Lindsay Young Professor from 1987 to 1998. His areas of specialization are Philosophy of Religion, American Philosophy, Ethical Theory, Medical Ethics with a special interest in Mental Health Care, Ethics and Animals, and Formal Axiology. He is the author and/or editor of sixteen books, including Reason and Religion (New York: Harcourt, 1972 and Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1979); Pleasures and Pains: A Theory of Qualitative Hedonism (Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornell University Press, 1979); with Glenn Graber, BioEthics (San Diego: Harcourt, 1988); with John W. Davis, Forms of Value and Valuation: Theory and Applications (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1991); Formal Axiology and Its Critics (Amsterdam—New York: Editions Rodopi, 1995); Violence, Neglect, and the Elderly, co-edited with Roy Cebik, Glenn Graber, and Frank H. Marsh (Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1996); New Essays on Abortion and Bioethics (Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1997); Ethics of Psychiatry: Insanity, Rational Autonomy, and Mental Health Care (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997); Values, Ethics, and Alcoholism, co-edited with Wayne Shelton (Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press, 1997); Bioethics for Medical Education, co-edited with Dr. Edward Bittar (Stamford, Conn.: JAI Press, 1999), Religious Values and Valuations (Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Paidia Publishing Co, 2000); and Dialogues on Values and Centers of Value: Old Friends, New Thoughts, co-authored with Thomas M. Dicken (Amsterdam—New York: Editions Rodopi, in press). Edwards is also the author of over sixty articles and reviews, including “How Process Theology Can Affirm Creation Ex Nihilo,” Process Studies, 29:1 (2000), pp. 77–96. He is an Associate Editor with the Value Inquiry Book Series, published by Editions Rodopi, where he is responsible for the Hartman Institute Axiology Studies special series. For a number of years he was co-editor of the Advances in Bioethics book series published by JAI Press. Edwards has been the President of the Tennessee Philosophical Association (1973-1974), the Society for Philosophy of Religion (1981-1982), and the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology (1984-1985). He is a Charter Member and Fellow of the Robert S. Hartman Institute for Formal and Applied Axiology, has served on its Board of Directors since 1987, and since 1989 has been its Secretary-Treasurer. He chaired the committee that established the website for the R. S. Hartman Institute.
Recenzii
"Edwards’ scholarship and erudition are really quite impressive … provides a very helpful overview of the basic alternatives seeking to explain the origination of the big bang, making a reasoned case for creation" - in: International Journal for Philosophy of religion 53 (2003)
"This is a book that fills a large lacuna in process studies, namely, an examination of contemporary cosmology’s theories of origins from a perspective knowledgeable about, and sympathetic to, process thought. This is the first book authored by an avowed process thinker that focuses on the Big Bang and other recent theories of the physical universe’s origin. … [Edwards’] whole book is “must” reading for anyone interested in issues pertaining to the cognitive integration of science and religion, and particularly for those with interests in the integration of science and process theism." - in: Process Studies 31.2 (2002)
"This is a book that fills a large lacuna in process studies, namely, an examination of contemporary cosmology’s theories of origins from a perspective knowledgeable about, and sympathetic to, process thought. This is the first book authored by an avowed process thinker that focuses on the Big Bang and other recent theories of the physical universe’s origin. … [Edwards’] whole book is “must” reading for anyone interested in issues pertaining to the cognitive integration of science and religion, and particularly for those with interests in the integration of science and process theism." - in: Process Studies 31.2 (2002)
Cuprins
Editorial ForewordKenneth A. BRYSON: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsONE. Scientific Cosmology and the Big Bang1.The Evolution of the Universe2. Evidences for the Big Bang3. Scientific Cosmological AgnosticismTWO. Humanistic Naturalism1. Family Traits of Humanistic Naturalism2. How Scientific Is Humanistic Naturalism?THREE. Steady State and Plasma Cosmologies1. Steady State Cosmology2. Critique of Steady State Cosmology3. Plasma Cosmology and Eric Lerner’s Critique of the Big Bang4. Critique of Plasma CosmologyFOUR. Antecedent Universe Cosmologies1. Gamow’s Infinite Squeeze/Bang/Rebound Universe2. Critique of Gamow’s Cosmology3. Oscillation Cosmology4. Critique of Oscillation CosmologyFIVE. Big Fizz and Big Divide Quantum Cosmologies1. Big Fizz Quantum Cosmology2. Big Divide Many Worlds Cosmology3. Critique of World-Ensemble CosmologiesSIX. Quantum Observership Cosmology1. Observers Create the Universe2. Critique of Quantum ObservershipSEVEN. Big Accident Quantum Cosmology1. The Universe as a Big Accident2. Critique of Big Accident Quantum CosmologyEIGHT. Atheistic Anthropic Cosmology1. The Anthropic Principle and Cosmic Purpose Without God2. The Weak and Strong Anthropic Principles3. Critique of Infinite World-Ensemble TeleologyNINE. The Final Anthropic Principle1.The Omega Point as the Purpose of the Universe2. Critique of the Final Anthropic PrincipleTEN. Concepts of God’s Nature and Existence1.Two Concepts of God’s Nature: Classical and Process Theology2. Conceiving of God’s Existence3. Critique of Process TheologyELEVEN. The Biopic Teleological Argument1. God’s Purpose for the Universe and Cosmic Teleology2. Critique and Defense of the Biopic Teleological ArgumentTWELVE. Theism and Cosmic Contingency1. A Cosmological Argument from Contingency2. Critique and Defense of the Cosmological Argument from ContingencyNotesBibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex