17.03.: Unsere Welt ist mehr als Physik
Den diesjährigen Studenten-Preis der European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) erhält Andeas Losch für eine Arbeit über objektive und personale Aspekte der Erkenntnis.
Our world is more than physics – A constructive-critical comment on the current science & theology debate
by Andreas Losch, Minister of the Protestant Church of the Rhineland, Duisburg
Abstract:
“Critical realism” is one of the most important positions in the current science and theology debate. An analysis of its origin and meaning leads to the question if this position mostly propagated by physicist-theologians could miss an intrinsic feature of the personal dimension of reality. A deeper meaning of the personal dimension sets human science apart. Taking into account social science’s insight that persons responsible for their conclusions and actions drive the process of science, the moral dimension of science has to be emphasized. To integrate these aspects into a coherent position, a more differentiated epistemological model is needed. The solution proposed in this paper is to modify critical realism to constructive-critical realism. Theologically interpreted, constructive-critical realism remembers humankind’s purpose to shape nature in cooperation with God and with the means of culture toward increasing realization of freedom in relationship.
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Andreas Losch "Die Welt ist mehr als Physik, auch mehr als Meta-Physik. Sie ist Gottes lebendige Schöpfung, zum Selbstsein freigesetzt in der Vielheit ihrer Dimensionen."
Andreas Losch
ist Pfarrer in Duisburg und Geschäftsführer der LSI-Gruppe "Theologie und Naturwissenschaften" an der Kirchlichen Hochschule Wuppertal.
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