nihilo

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But the 20th century has been very hard on materialism - creation of the universe ex-nihilo, the observer effect in quantum mechanics, the origin of life, the origin of biological information, the cause of the immaterial mind - all seem to belie materialist reduction.

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  • Yet natural effects in science need not have natural causes; Big Bang theory, which posits the creation of all matter and time ex-nihilo, explains material effects (matter, time, and natural laws) using an immaterial cause (creation ex-nihilo). —  Evolution News & Views
  • Relativistic cosmology invokes creation ex-nihilo and multiverses. —  Evolution News & Views
  • But the 20th century has been very hard on materialism - creation of the universe ex-nihilo, the observer effect in quantum mechanics, the origin of life, the origin of biological information, the cause of the immaterial mind - all seem to belie materialist reduction. —  Evolution News & Views
  • Arminians must view their selves as causing things ex-nihilo. —  Triablogue
  • Ex-nihilo personalities have no reason to resent Jews or Israel. —  Latest Articles
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