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God, information and the world: The metaphysics of william Dembski and al-ghazālī
Philosophy
  • Shoaib Ahmed Malik, Zayed University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2019
Abstract

© The Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2019 This article intends to review William Dembski's recent monograph entitled Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information, in which he establishes an entire information-centric metaphysics. This viewpoint is compared with al-Ghazālī's perspective, a Muslim philosophical theologian from the Medieval period. It is concluded that what Dembski defines as information, which for him is the ontological basis of the natural world, seems remarkably close to al-Ghazālī's notion of God's will and omnipotence. This article is an explorative comparison of their metaphysical frameworks that are discussed in light of modern scientific developments, highlighting their differences and similarities.

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Scopus ID
85072261337
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819119000196
Citation Information
Shoaib Ahmed Malik. "God, information and the world: The metaphysics of william Dembski and al-ghazālī" Philosophy Vol. 94 Iss. 4 (2019) p. 547 - 576 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0031-8191" target="_blank">0031-8191</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/shoaib-malik/3/