Darwin, God, and Chance

Phil Dowe

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Darwin, God, and Chance

Phil Dowe^*

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This chapter considers the options for a person who believes in God's providence, prayer and also free will, to accept Natural Selection. It argues that it is possible. The chapter focuses on the idea that Natural Selection entails that we are here by chance not design. It distinguishes several important senses of chance, then canvases a number of models of divine action, neo-Leibnizianism, neo-Molinism, Occasionalism, and an 'immediate action' model. The chapter argues that the latter is fit to the task if one adopts certain views about causation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191725388
ISBN (Print)	9780199603213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199603213.003.0004
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2011
Externally published	Yes

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