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...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2015.
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Conversations in Science and Religion. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42531445*spi |
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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Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781443883030 |