Each of these elements of cosmotheology provides vast scope for elaboration. Perhaps the most radical consequences stem from the fourth principle that states that we must be open to new conceptions of God, stemming from our advancing knowle…those who have recently provided reflections from within the Catholic tradition. McMullin related the problem to that faced by 16th century Europeans discovering the peoples of Mesoamerica. Fully aware of Thomas Paine’s objections to Christ…
God
theological · 4 mentions across 3 readings
In this course
God functions in these readings as a contested theological problem that resurfaces whenever knowledge systems—cosmological, evolutionary, technological—expand beyond existing frameworks. The course draws on cosmotheology and philosophy of religion to argue that rationality itself, whether computational or human, must reckon with how our conceptions of ultimate reality shift as our understanding of the universe changes. The figure of God appears here less as a settled doctrine and more as a placeholder for the limits of any totalizing system, relevant to AI seminars insofar as algorithmic reasoning inherits this same tension between rationalization and what escapes it.
Mentioned in 3 readings
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