From: Alexanian, Moorad (alexanian@uncw.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 16 2003 - 12:18:19 EDT
By physical universe I meant the aspect of reality that is purely
matter/energy. The explanation of life in living creatures may be
outside the realm of the purely material. Humans share life with animals
but the latter have no way of knowing God.
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: John W Burgeson [mailto:jwburgeson@juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 10:25 AM
To: Alexanian, Moorad
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: Phillip Johnson (and Methodological Naturalism)
Moorad wrote: "Perhaps someone can answer a simple question.
Intelligence
in humans, based on consciousness and rationality, is not part of the
physical universe and cannot be derived from scientific theories. "
I did not go on to quote your question because I cannot agree with your
assumption (above). That assumption MAY, indeed, be true, but it is not
obvious (to me) that it IS true.
Intelligence is observed in the animal kingdom, as well as in humans.
It
appears to be "part of the physical universe," and thus potentially
derivable from scientific theories.
We call, for example, the migratory habits of birds by the word
"instinct," but that is just another name for "group intelligence."
Burgy
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