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Problematyka upadku i grzechu pierworodnego w świetle nauk przyrodniczych jako wyzwanie dla współczesnej teologii dogmatycznej i apologetyki

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Witała M.

Teologia w Polsce

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2019

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vol. 13

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issue 1

199-223

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The author covers the possibility of new investigation of the issue of the fall of man and original sin, taking into account the results of natural and historical sciences research over the origin of humankind. The author describes the current need to modernize the way of expressing some dogmatic formulas, to make them more appropriate for a modern man, of the the empirical and scientific paradigm of the euro-atlantic culture. Examples of modern interpretations of the christian doctrine about the fall of man, by writers who tried to reconcile the christian faith with the results of natural sciences are also put in evidence.

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Artykuł porusza kwestię możliwości nowych badań nad zagadnieniem grzechu pierworodnego z uwzględnieniem wyników badań nauk przyrodniczych i historycznych dotyczących początków rodzaju ludzkiego. Byłaby to odpowiedź na potrzebę uwspółcześnienia sposobu wyrażania treści dogmatycznych powstałą na skutek upowszechnienia się w kulturze euroatlantyckiej paradygmatu empiryczno-przyrodoznawczego.

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Did Morality First Evolve in Homo erectus?

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Rappaport M. B., Corbally SJ C.

Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce

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2016

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issue 61

105-131

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With findings from cognitive science, neuroscience, information science, and paleoanthropology, an anthropologist and astronomer-priest team take a new look at the nature of morality, and suggest parameters that are often very different from the philosophical and theological literatures. They see morality as a biologically-based arbitration mechanism that works along a timeline with a valence of good to bad. It is rational, purposeful, social, and affected by emotion but not dominated by it. The authors examine the age and sex structure, family roles, environment, cognition, and lifeway of Homo erectus, an early hominin who arose 1.9 million years ago, and propose that he had a rudimentary moral system that his biology and culture enabled – but only after he learned to control fire. Hearths gave rise to an intense, social, emotional, experiential context where belief systems could be learned by youth before they achieved adult cognition.

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Facts and their interpretation in paleoanthropological enquiries

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Tomczyk J.

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae

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2016

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vol. 14

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issue 2

115-132

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The search for truth in the sciences which deal with the prehistoric past seems exceptionally attractive. What is involved in them is not only the historical dimension, but also an attempt at understanding the present moment. This trivial statement may in practice cause a lot of trouble, since the issue at stake is actually not how “truth” is defined, but rather how we arrive at it. We need to remember that while the first stage of the scientific inquiry usually involves the gathering and description of facts, the second stage is mainly concerned with their explanation and interpretation. At both stages of scientific cognition – that is both in the process of obtaining facts and interpreting them – truth can be falsified by mistake or on purpose. Thus, the main aim of science – to make our comprehension agree with the subject (the state of affairs) under scrutiny – can be suppressed by subjective motivation. It is therefore recommendable to present various reasons behind such a peculiar “emendation” of truth in prehistoric research.

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Problematyka upadku i grzechu pierworodnego w świetle nauk przyrodniczych jako wyzwanie dla współczesnej teologii dogmatycznej i apologetyki

Did Morality First Evolve in Homo erectus?

Facts and their interpretation in paleoanthropological enquiries