New Mechanistic Explanation: Can It Be Interesting for a Theologian

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“Mechanism” is one of the crucial concepts that have deeply influenced the evolution of scientific disciplines and philosophical systems. For the last few decades, this concept has again found itself at the center of the philosophical debate about science and scientific methods with the emergence of the new mechanical philosophy (NMP). The aim of this paper is to counter the argument that there is or should be an essential conflict between the modern mechanical philosophy (MMP) or the NMP and Christian theology.

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Many thanks to Paweł Polak and Jacek Rodzeń and to the two anonymous reviewers who have read the manuscript and suggested valuable improvements.

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new mechanical philosophy, naturalism, metaphysical reductionism, methodological reductionism, theology of science

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Theology and Science

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