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Leonor Melo,Francisco Pereira,Ernesto Costa universe result from random processes and humans exist in an “indifferent” universe is examined, as well as the current evidence for a fine-tuned universe. The multiverse is the preferred solution to explain why the properties of our observable universe appear to be bio-friendly. It reintroduces ra

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Ogier Maitre,Nicolas Lachiche,Pierre Collete called upon to address the problem in its modern scientific variant. After an overview of Christian belief, I consider the concept of divine providence, concentrating on relevant pieces of Christian scripture and passages from the Church Fathers. Next, I cover, in historical fashion, how Christian

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31471-6 . or .. There is a tension between objective probability and divine providence: if God has arranged for E to occur, then its objective probability would seem to be .. I will first show that this tension creates problems for six models of how to combine worldly chance with divine providence: determi

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Diana F. Galvao,Joel Lehman,Paulo Urbanouniverse in order to preserve its existence. This chapter will discuss randomness vis-à-vis the doctrine of continuous creation as understood in both religious traditions. We argue that the doctrine of continuous creation in its version that is held by both Christians and Muslims would preclude onti

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Kalyanmoy Deb,Abbadi Raji Reddy-breaking intervention. Arthur Peacocke and Philip Clayton argue there is a third possibility, if there is strong emergence. We will examine four candidates for emergence: of intentionality from computational animal behavior, of sentience from biology, of biology from chemistry, and of chemistry fro

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Fazia Aboud,Nathalie Grangeon,Sylvie NorreWhile “random” is a familiar word, the many subdisciplines found in mathematics and the sciences treat it differently. This chapter gives an overview of the terrain, looking at what randomness and closely related terms mean when used in a technical sense. As we will see, some are more relevant to the question of providence than others.