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Is nature creation or merely the product of non-intentional,
natural processes? Mats Wahlberg argues that our perceptual
experiences of nature can settle this question in favor of
creation. He suggests that biological nature has expressive
properties of a kind similar to human behavior and art. We may
therefore be able to perceive - directly - nature as creation, i.e.
as expressive of the mind of a creator. This idea resonates with
the traditional Christian claim that God's invisible nature can be
'clearly perceived in the things that have been made' (Rom 1:20).
Wahlberg's interpretation of this claim contradicts the common view
that the existence of a creator must be established by inferential
argument. The book's thesis is compatible with the fact that
biological organisms have evolved by natural selection. Its
viability depends, however, on the rejection of certain common
assumptions about the nature of mind and perception - assumptions
that may properly be called 'Cartesian'. The author presents and
defends an anti-Cartesian stance on mind and perception, inspired
mainly by the work of the philosopher John McDowell. The
philosophical resources provided by this stance are then drawn on
to defend the book's version of natural theology.
Is nature creation or merely the product of non-intentional,
natural processes? The author aims to recover the Christian sense
that it is obvious that nature is creation and argues that
biological nature has expressive properties similar in kind to
human behaviour and art.
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