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    [abstract] => In the article ‘Against Physicalism-plus-God: How Creation Accounts for Divine Action in the World’ (Jaeger 2012a), I defined a framework which allows us to make some progress in our understanding of how God acts in the world. In the present article, I apply this framework to the specific question of chance events. I show that chance does not provide an explanation for special divine action. Nevertheless, chance does not hamper God’s ability to act in the world, and creation provides a framework for the understanding of chance, which is akin to what we see in modern science.
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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.v7i3.109
    [datePublished] => 2015-09-23
    [pdf] => https://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/menuscript/index.php/ejpr/article/view/109/version/58/68
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Chance in a Created World: How to Avoid Common Misunderstandings about Divine Action

Lydia
Institut Biblique de Nogent-sur-Marne

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v7i3.109

Abstract

In the article ‘Against Physicalism-plus-God: How Creation Accounts for Divine Action in the World’ (Jaeger 2012a), I defined a framework which allows us to make some progress in our understanding of how God acts in the world. In the present article, I apply this framework to the specific question of chance events. I show that chance does not provide an explanation for special divine action. Nevertheless, chance does not hamper God’s ability to act in the world, and creation provides a framework for the understanding of chance, which is akin to what we see in modern science.

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