| Title: |
Donald MacCrimmon MacKay (1922 – 1987): Scientist and Accidental Philosopher. A Critical Appreciation. |
| Authors: |
COGHILL, GEORGE M.1 |
| Source: |
Science & Christian Belief. Apr2024, Vol. 36 Issue 1, p83-102. 20p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*FREE will & determinism, *PHILOSOPHERS, *TWENTIETH century |
| Abstract: |
In this paper I present an overview of the life and work of Donald MacCrimmon Mackay, a distinguished Christian polymath who made significant contributions across a number of domains in science and philosophy in the middle part of the 20th Century, and the centenary of whose birth was in 2022. After a brief biographical sketch, we will review his contribution to theology & science, the main ones of these being: complementarity, an innovative concept relating information and matter, and mind and brain; and logical indeterminism, a proposed solution to the problem of free will and determinism. I hope that this overview will stimulate interest in, and further exploration of, his ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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