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(2017) The future of creation order 1, Dordrecht, Springer.

Natural law, metaphysics, and the creator

Eleonore Stump

pp. 33-49

In this paper, I contrast the notion of natural law on a secularist scientific picture with the notion of natural law in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. I show the way in which the highly various metaphysics of the two worldviews give rise to such divergent notions. In this connection, I look at contemporary arguments against reductionism in the sciences and in recent metaphysics. I argue that this new antireductionist approach sits more easily with the Thomistic worldview than with the secularist scientific view.

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70881-2_2

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Stump, E. (2017)., Natural law, metaphysics, and the creator, in G. Glas & J. De Ridder (eds.), The future of creation order 1, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 33-49.

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