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THE NATURE OF PHYSICAL REALITY
Author(s) -
Polkinghorne John C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1991.tb00814.x
Subject(s) - metaphysics , causation , epistemology , agency (philosophy) , physical law , energy (signal processing) , philosophy , theoretical physics , physics , quantum mechanics
. This account of the dynamical theory of chaos leads to a metaphysical picture of a world with an open future, in which the laws of physics are emergent‐downward approximations to a more subtle and supple reality and in which there is downward causation through information input as well as upward causation through energy input. Such a metaphysical picture can accommodate both human and divine agency.