Christianity and information : contributions of Stephen Hawking to physics, philosophical ethics, and theology

Ambrozy, Marián (author)

Following the recent death of the famous physicist S. Hawking, the question of his contribution to science has appeared with new urgency. Despite his known handicap, he was immensely active in the field of physics but also in the areas of philosophy and theology. The aim of the present paper is to analyze his contributions related to the nature of the Universe, its beginning and possible end, as well as the consequences stemming from this knowledge for philosophy and theology. We start with Hawking´s discoveries in the fields of physics and cosmology and apply them to informatics. Subsequently, we extrapolate the acquired results to theology and philosophy, taking a closer look at issues of eschatology.

• Language: English
• Keywords: physics, philosophy, theology, cosmology, eschatology
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2020
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: Str. 901-914
• Numbering: Letn. 80, [št.] 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-163809
• UDC: 53.01:2-175
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2020/04/Ambrozy
• COBISS.SI-ID: 44850947
• Publication date in RUL: 11.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Krščanstvo in informacija : doprinos Stephena Hawkinga na področju fizike, filozofske etike in teologije

Abstract

Po nedavni smrti slavnega fizika S. Hawkinga se je z novo nujnostjo prebudilo vprašanje njegovega doprinosa k znanosti. Kljub svoji splošno znani invalidnosti je bil izjemno dejaven na področju fizike, a tudi na področju filozofije in teologije. Cilj pričujočega članka je analizirati njegov doprinos predvsem v razmerju do narave vesolja, njegovega začetka in morebitnega konca, obenem pa do posledic takšnega védenja za filozofijo in teologijo. Na začetku se posvečamo Hawkingovim odkritjem na področju fizike in kozmologije ter jih umeščamo v informatiko. Zatem dobljene ugotovitve prenašamo v teologijo in filozofijo, kjer se podrobneje posvetimo vprašanjem, ki zadevo eshatologijo.

• Keywords: fizika, filozofija, teologija, kozmologija, eshatologija