Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Emergent Freedom: Naturalizing Free Will (Religion Theologie Und Naturwissenschaft / Religion Theology and Natural Science, Rthn, 17)

Product Description Emergentism, as a metaphysical option between Reductive Physicalism and Substance Dualism, provides a space for free will to be both experientially balanced and evidentially accurate. By expanding notions of causation and adopting a process ontology, 'Emergentism' revaluates age-old commitments to human free will. With Emergentism, James W. Haag believes Philip Hefner's model of human being (the created co-creator) to be a valuable place to look for dialogue. Hefner's claim that the created co-creator is simultaneously constrained and free fits securely with Dynamic Theological Naturalism and its acceptance of Emergentism. About the Author James W. Haag, PhD, is a lecturer in philosophy at Suffolk University, Boston, MA.