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dc.contributor.authorBennett, Bruce S.-
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-21T12:55:17Z-
dc.date.available2022-03-21T12:55:17Z-
dc.date.issued2018-12-14-
dc.identifier.otherhttp://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bjtrp/article/view/1433en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10311/2367-
dc.description.abstractPhilip Gosse’s Omphalos (1857), which attempted to reconcile Genesis with science by proposing that the pre-Adamite stage of the world existed only as a Platonic idea, has usually been criticized as violating Occam’s razor and being unfalsifiable. It is argued here that this is faulty, because Gosse makes different assumptions about the data to be explained. The theory was rejected by Christians not because of logical problems but because of its theological meaninglessness. In this it differs from miracles, which also involve the introduction of extra data.en_US
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dc.publisherUniversity of Botswana, www.ub.bwen_US
dc.relationhttp://journals.ub.bw/index.php/bjtrp/article/view/1433/934en_US
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2018 BOLESWAen_US
dc.sourceBOLESWA Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy, Vol. 5, No. 1, (2018); pp. 174-187en_US
dc.subjectOmphalosen_US
dc.subjectmiraclesen_US
dc.subjectOccam's razoren_US
dc.subjectparsimonyen_US
dc.subjectPhilip Gosseen_US
dc.subjectIncredulous Stareen_US
dc.subjectcreationismen_US
dc.subjectscienceen_US
dc.subjectreligionen_US
dc.titleOmphalos, miracles, and Occam's razoren_US
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