Book contents
- Theistic Evolution
- Theistic Evolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Metaphysics of Evolutionary Transitions
- 2 Essentialist and Hylomorphic Notion of Species and Species Transformation
- 3 Natural Selection, Teleology, and Chance in Evolution
- 4 Aquinas’s Account of Creation
- 5 Aquinas and Evolution
- 6 Evolution and Creation
- 7 Concurrence of Divine and Created Causes in Evolutionary Transitions
- 8 Theological Anthropogenesis and Evolution
- General Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Aquinas and Evolution
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
Book contents
- Theistic Evolution
- Theistic Evolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Metaphysics of Evolutionary Transitions
- 2 Essentialist and Hylomorphic Notion of Species and Species Transformation
- 3 Natural Selection, Teleology, and Chance in Evolution
- 4 Aquinas’s Account of Creation
- 5 Aquinas and Evolution
- 6 Evolution and Creation
- 7 Concurrence of Divine and Created Causes in Evolutionary Transitions
- 8 Theological Anthropogenesis and Evolution
- General Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter five asks a question about the hypothetical reaction of Aquinas to evolutionary biology, revealing the complexity of the debate on whether there is a “space” for evolution in his theology, as well as the openness for reinterpretation and further development of his ideas in reference to the contemporary metaphysical analyses of speciation. It ends with an original constructive proposal of the contemporary Thomistic account of theistic evolution.
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- Theistic EvolutionA Contemporary Aristotelian-Thomistic Perspective, pp. 156 - 177Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023