Popper also pointed out that Reductionism as a philosophy was doomed in
an indeterminate universe, but that it worked surprisingly well as a method for Science.
The cosmological story, too, can be told in terms of (1) disruption of a prior equilibrium, (2) transition toward an unknown outcome, and (3) reintegration into a renewed and transformed equilibrium — a process made possible by a directional but
indeterminate universe continually engendering new order from chaos.
Only through human vigilance can the tenuous equilibrium of freedom be maintained, and only in this way can the future willed by God be established in
an indeterminate universe.
Not exact matches
So it seems that the previous
universe was the decider and nothing was left open or
indeterminate requiring further determination.
In fact, the internal evidence in that Bible book shows that the word «day» is, in fact, an
indeterminate period of time allowing for the millions / billions of years that facts show the earth and the
universe have been in existence.
«For if the movement of the
universe was irrational, and the world rolled on in random (i.e.
indeterminate) fashion, one would be justified in disbelieving what we say.