Scientific and Theological Responses for Evolution and Biological Complexity

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https://doi.org/10.12775/SetF.2020.025

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teleology, randomness, organism, metaphysical assumptions

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The article analyzes aspects of the relationship between evolution and biological complexity and the attempts made by scholars and theologians to interpret it within the limits of reductionist scientism or theism. For this purpose, firstly, attention is focused on explaining the meaning of the concept of "evolution" and its historical and philosophical transformation in the context of the idea of complexity. Secondly, the notion of complexity in theology is used as evidence to support teleology. This approach is criticized by some scholars who consider evolution as a random prosses. They give it the status of a universal metaphysical assumption in evolution. The scientists and theologists both formulate metaphysical assumptions differently to interpret evolution.

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Andrii Kadykalo, Lviv Polytechnic National University

Department of Philosophy

Ph.D., Associate Professor

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KADYKALO, Andrii. Scientific and Theological Responses for Evolution and Biological Complexity. Scientia et Fides. Online. 30 October 2020. Vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 351-369. [Accessed 6 July 2025]. DOI 10.12775/SetF.2020.025.

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