Can western monotheism avoid substance dualism?

Zygon

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 153-177

  Bielfeldt, Dennis ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divine agency; Downward causation; Nondualism; Principle of explanatory exclusion; Reductionism; Supervenience; Top down causality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750226320     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0591-2385.00345     Document Type: Article

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