Sökning: "natural theology"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden natural theology.

1. 16. First-Order Logic and Classical Theism : Toward Logical Reorientation

   Författare :Anders Kraal; Eberhard Herrmann; Mikael Stenmark; Simo Knuuttila; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; classical theism; divine simplicity; divine attributes; God; Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; first-order logic; formalization; argument-function analysis; quantifier analysis; bivalence; natural deduction; truth-bearer; inference; inference rule; logical validity; logical pluralism; logical monism; G. Frege; B. Russell; L. Wittgenstein; R. Carnap; J. Maritain; J. Salamucha; J. Bocheński; W.V.O. Quine.; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Sammanfattning : This inquiry seeks an answer to the question whether classical theistic doctrines about the nature of God are amenable to formal analysis in terms of standard first-order logic. It is argued that due to the conceptual impact of classical theism’s doctrine of divine simplicity there is a good reason for answering this question in the negative. LÄS MER

3. 17. Skogsrået, näcken och Djävulen : erotiska naturväsen och demonisk sexualitet i 1600- och 1700-talens Sverige

   Författare :Mikael Häll; Historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nature spirit; demon; sexuality; devil; forest nymph; water spirit; troll; monster; incubus; succubus; magic; early modern; Sweden; popular belief; folklore; demonology; natural philosophy; witchcraft; bestiality; reformation; religion; crime; sin;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines conceptions of erotic nature spirits and their association with demonic sexuality in 17th and 18th century Sweden. Its purpose is to reconstruct the various cultural and symbolic meanings which such notions had for the society of the day. LÄS MER

4. 18. Har nutida fysik religiös relevans? : En undersökning av hur fysikaliska teorier indirekt relateras till religiösa utsagor genom metafysiska antaganden med fysikalisk anknytning

   Författare :Åsa Nordén; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; scientific theories; religious relevance; indirect relevance; metaphysical suppositions; B. van Fraassen; J. Polkinghorne; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Philosophy of Religion; religionsfilosofi;

   Sammanfattning : A prerequisite of the reasoning carried out in this dissertation is that scientific theories as such do not have any logical implications for religion. How can it be then that certain scientific theories, among them physical ones, nevertheless seem to be religiously relevant?One possible answer to this question is that the relevance between contemporary scientific theories and theistic/atheistic ideas is indirect, meaning that it is based upon metaphysical suppositions which presumably are in some way connected with scientific theories. LÄS MER

5. 19. Ett mönster i livets väv : Tro och religion i ljuset av Wittgensteins filosofi : [faith and religion in the light of the philosophy of Wittgenstein]

   Författare :Stefan Eriksson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; nature of religion; reductionism; primitive reactions; Wittgenstein; D.Z. Phillips; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religionsfilosofi; Philosophy of Religion;

   Sammanfattning : This study evaluates Wittgenstein's impact on the philosophy of religion. The aim of the study is to clarify what it means to say that the method suggested by Wittgenstein in his seminal work Philosophical Investigations makes possible a study of religion which is not reductionistic, but rather is adequate concerning religious phenomena. LÄS MER

7. 20. Ḥusayn, the Mediator : A structural Analysis of the Karbalā´ Drama according to Abū Ja`far Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (d. 310/923)

   Författare :Torsten Hylén; Mattias Gardell; Gudmar Aneer; Ingvild Saelid Gilhus; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Historiography; History and myth; History; Husayn Ibn Ali 629C–680 ; Islam; Karbala Iraq ; Levi-Strauss Claude; Mediator theology ; Myth; Shiites; Structuralism; Tabari 838C–923; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : The present study has a twofold purpose: Firstly, it is an analysis of the Karbalā´ Drama—i.e. the death of Ḥusayn b. `Alī in the hands of an army which had been sent out by the Umayyad authorities, at Karbalā´ in 60/680—as it is retold by the Muslim jurist and historiographer Abū Ja`far Muḥammad b. LÄS MER