The Relevance of Aristotelian-Thomistic Concept of Nature to the Contemporary Debate Between Science and Theology

Abstract

Sommario: I. Introduction. - II. The concept of nature: 1. General remarks. 2. Nature and the specificity of the created world. 3. Nature as both matter and form. 4. Nature and final causality. - III. The relevance of the concept of nature for natural sciences: 1. Nature, natural properties and natural laws. 2. The concept of nature between creation and evolution.