If the late Pontiff favoured
the idea of an evolution of species, it was according to a notion far more limited than the one held by secular scientists.
But, in fact, he was struggling valiantly with
the idea of the evolution of the subjective both in this book and in The Biological Basis of Human Freedom (BBHF).
In addition to student achievement outcomes the study revealed differential patterns in favor of Science
IDEAS of the evolution of teacher judgments of student reading proficiency across grades 3 - 7.
Not exact matches
So I think the most interesting
evolutions of it have been just trying to stretch the
idea into new places.
The
evolution of ideas doesn't happen linearly, with one good
idea contributing to a better
idea contributing to the best
idea.
Since 1979, I would suggest, there have been five key
evolutions that have helped bring to life the
idea of entrepreneurship as a systematic, replicable process.
When Vancouver businessman John Bruk approached him with the innovative proposal
of creating a Foundation to help Canadians better understand Asia's
evolution, Trudeau leapt at the
idea.
The early users were highly proficient at games and provided many
ideas for the game's
evolution («mods»), posting changes to the game on line, which encouraged others and started an upward spiral
of sales, modifications and debugs.
HealthXL Global Gatherings showcase innovation on a global platform by bringing together people with
ideas, resources and desire to contribute to the
evolution of healthcare.
Price spoke about the
evolution of Austin's technology industry with Silicon Hills News for its
Ideas -LSB-...]
Calling the theory
of evolution «only a theory» is, strictly speaking, true, but the
idea it tries to convey is completely wrong.
I think those who oppose the theory
of evolution, oppose
evolution in alll forms — they fear change and want to remain with
ideas of the past.
One thing that many Christians get hung up on is the
idea of evolution as a belief that we all developed from single celled organisms and that our genetic map split from apes and etc..
The concept
of God did not spring out
of thin air - intelligent humans created him and then thousands
of years later used the
idea to explain what they did not understand and / or like about
evolution.
Central to this Court - led revolution is the
idea that the Constitution is in a state
of more or less perpetual
evolution, whence it follows that judges need not be bound by the precise words
of the document, or by prior precedent, or by settled historical meaning.
The older textbooks on
evolution make much
of the
idea of ho - m - ology, pointing out the obvious resemblances between the skeletons
of the limbs
of different animals.
Catholic theology has never really had a quarrel with the
idea that the present species
of plants and animals are the result
of a long process
of evolution» or with the
idea that this process has unfolded according to natural laws.
The body and soul
of Darwin's Theory
of Evolution was the idea that evolution was made possible through natural s
Evolution was the
idea that
evolution was made possible through natural s
evolution was made possible through natural selection.
Since no one has yet to SEE an atom, the
idea of the structure
of the atom can only be inferred by experimental evidence — yet I see no Republican trying to stop teaching the structure
of the atom in school — oh that's right, its because major corporations and industries rely on this science (pharm, weapons manufacturers etc etc) whereas the theory
of evolution is merely think piece
of scientists on how life on Earth changes over time.
With all the emphasis on creation or
evolution coming out
of the first few chapters
of Genesis, we often miss some
of the most important
ideas about our humanity and how God created us (not physically, but spiritually and psychologically).
The
idea of spinning out nature comes from the Sankhya concept
of the
evolution of the world out
of nature (prakriti).
His interests are the metaphysics
of time, the history
of ideas, and the conceptual foundations
of biological
evolution.
By the way, Vic, if you really want to do this without sounding silly focus on the
idea of sentience, which arguably is NOT necessary for
evolution, but only the existence
of something that mimics sentience.
In the final section
of Part One
of Catholicism, Fr Holloway writes that
Evolution is the «The universal
idea which is critical for Christian thinking today».
to Jake, in every era or times in the past, humans have different perception
of reality, because our knowledge improves or changes toward sophistication, For example during the times
of Jesus, there was no science yet as what we have today, since the religion in the past corresponds to their needs, it is true for them in the past, but today we already knew many new
ideas and facts, so what is applicable in the past is no longer today, like religion, we have also to change to conform with todays knowledge.The creation or our origin for example is now explained beyond doubt by science as the big bang and
evolution is the reason we become humans, is in contrast to creation in the bibles genesis,.
There is no scientific evidence that man evolved from animals, and all the evidence we have shows that the
idea of evolution is not true.
Instead
of affirming the
idea of evolution as supporting atheism or rejecting it because it did so, some Christians took the position that its acceptance changes the way we understand God's work in the world.
Stephen Barr criticizes me for confusing two very different things: the modest scientific theory
of neo-Darwinism (which he defines as «the
idea that the mainspring
of evolution is natural selection acting on random genetic variation») and what he calls the «theological» claim that
evolution is an «unguided, unplanned» process.
The culture concept is one
of the great illuminating
ideas of modern science, comparable in importance to the concept
of evolution in biology, the concept
of electromagnetic and gravitational fields in physics, and the concept
of the atom in chemistry.
Holding to
evolution as the origin
of the world and all that is therein makes good philosophical sense if and only if you reject the
idea of a God... or even
of gods.
Much opposition to the concept
of evolution in the nineteenth century derived from a revulsion against the
idea that humans were descended from ape - like animals long ago.
I also believe that the
idea of evolution or development is an essential key to a nonscholastic doctrine
of analogy, if only because it is the modern understanding
of organic and historical
evolution that brought to an end the scholastic
idea of Being (as is so brilliantly demonstrated by Arthur O. Lovejoy in The Great Chain
of Being).
Conclusion German philosophy and the
idea of evolution have so combined since Darwin, — for all philosophy is an appreciation and interpretation
of reality — that it is not now possible to unravel the tangled threads
of fact and theory, physics and metaphysics.
This is a problem which has driven scholastic theology to the wall, and it is not insignificant that Catholic theologians have been hostile toward the
idea of evolution, just as it is not accidental that when a Catholic vision
of evolution did appear in the work
of Teilhard de Chardin, it contained no
idea or vision
of analogia entis.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Mr McEwan would seem to be right (i) in his depiction
of Professor Ayala's somewhat deistic leanings concerning the role
of the creator (see our Cutting Edge column July 2010), (ii) that we, with Ayala, affirm that physical, chemical and biological
evolution is a well attested fact, and (Hi) that the
idea that this process is a chance one does not work.
A crucial chapter
of the book analyses the reception
of Darwin's 19th century
ideas on biological
evolution.
It suggests that Professor Ayala accepts the
idea of evolution by natural chance.
His
idea is essentially «theistic
evolution» — belief that God has established
evolution as the mechanism by which He has introduced complexity and diversity into the biological sphere
of life on earth.
An authentic reading
of Genesis even lends some support to the
idea of evolution.
If you still aren't sure what to make
of evolution or if you have always been suspicious
of it, I hope these
ideas will inspire you to at least give the theory second chance.
He was the first outstanding American minister to be receptive to the
idea of evolution.
The
ideas of evolution and historical development in the distant past were barely accepted, before the current process
of cultural and religious change gained momentum.
Darwin was led to the
idea of evolution by patterns he noticed in the distribution
of species.
On one hand you talk about an
idea «
evolution,» and on the other hand you are talking about matter «clump
of cells.»
It describes the
evolution of his scientific
ideas but also
of his conception
of the relationship between science and faith.
In a clever (but in no way cloying) play on the
idea of evolution, so central to her hometown's identity, Evans explains that faith has its own evolutionary process, that «faith must adapt in order to survive.»»
When, for example, at first in the 19th century down to Pius XII the Church adopted a very reserved attitude to any inclusion
of the human bios in the
idea of evolution, that was motivated, and rightly so, by a fundamental conception
of the nature
of man which for good reasons required to be defended.
According to many biologists today this chemical explanation
of life and
evolution has no need to resort to the
idea of purpose or to what Aristotle termed final cause.
Evolution doesn't propose any explanation for the existence
of matter itself, nor does it propose the
idea that life came from non-life.
What less conservative Christians are not committed to is the
idea that intelligent design excludes the possibility
of evolution.