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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΔΙΑΛΕΚΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΧΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Ο ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΟΣ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΣ ΦΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΒΑΣΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΕΡΓΟΥ ΤΟΥ W. HEISENBERG

Abstract

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THE DISSERTATION DEALS WITH THE CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN MODERN PHYSICS AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY ON THE BASIS OF THE SCIENTIFIC WORKS OF WERNER HEISENBERG (1901-1976). THE FUNDAMENTAL THESIS IS THAT THE DIALOGUE OF PHYSICS WITH THEOLOGY CAN TAKE PLACE AS A KIND OF AN ENCOUNTER OF THE DIALECTICSOF NATURE WITH THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. IN THE MODERN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, WE NOTICE A SHIFT FROM THE DUALISTIC ONTOLOGY, AS IT IS EXPRESSED IN THE CARTESIAN METAPHYSICS AND IN THE NEWTONIAN PHYSICS, TOWARDS THE DIALECTICS OF NATURE; AT THE SAME TIME, THE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY TURNED FROM THE APOLOGETICS TO THE ESCHATOLOGY OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THE TURNING POINT BOTH OF THEM, I.E. OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE AND OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, MAKES POSSIBLE A NEW, FRESH AND FRUITFULL ENCOUNTER BETWEEN SCIENCE AND FAITH TODAY.THE TWO MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF W. HEISENBERG, NAMELY THE PRINCIPLE OF UNCERTAINTY (1927) AND THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES (1958), POINT OUT TO A TOTALLY NEW EPISTEMOLOGICAL AND ONTOLOGICAL SITUATION. THE PRINCIPLE OF UNCERTAINTY MEANS A PROFOUND REVISION IN THE SUBJECT OF THE OBJECTIVITY OF THE DETERMINISM AND OF THE HERMENEUTICS. THE UNIFIED FIELD THEORY BRINGS TO LIGHT A PROFOUND REVISION IN THE METAPHYSICAL PREMISSES OF THE ENTIRESCIENCE, IN THE SENSE THAT IT MEANS A SHIFT FROM THE INDIVIDUALITY TO THE RELATIONALITY, FROM THE NECESSITY TO THE POSSIBILITY, AND FROM THE SPACE TO THE TIME. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ESCHATOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, WHICH IS THE MAJOR FEATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY IN THE 20TH CENTURY INALL CHRISTIAN CONFESSIONS AND CHURCHES, MEANS A TURNING POINT IN THE HISTORYOF MODERN CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION, BECAUSE THE ESCHATOLOGY EMPHASIZES THE SHIFT FROM THE INDIVIDUALISTIC TO THE PERSONALISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THEREALITY, FROM THE NECESSITY TO THE FREEDOM, AND FROM THE COSMOS TO THE HISTORY. THE COINCIDENCE OF THE THREE ONTOLOGICAL PRIORITIES OF THE MODERN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY WITH THAT OF THE CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION IS A SIGN OF THE NEW SITUATION IN THE FAITH-SCIENCE-DIALOGUE TODAY.

Degree

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Authors dc:creator
  • Begzos, Marios
  • Μπέγζος, Μάριος

Subjects

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0279
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0279

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Begzos, Marios; Μπέγζος, Μάριος. ΔΙΑΛΕΚΤΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΧΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ. Ο ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΟΣ ΦΙΛΟΣΟΦΙΚΟΣ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΣ ΦΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΗ ΒΑΣΕΙ ΤΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΕΡΓΟΥ ΤΟΥ W. HEISENBERG. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0279