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3 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2016-2026

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In gesprek met Cornel du Toit oor ’n ontwaakte heelal in diskoerse oor panpsigisme

Verbum et Ecclesia July 9, 2026 Johan A. van Rooyen

In conversation with Cornel du Toit about an awakened universe in discourses about panpsychism. This article employs panpsychism as its primary methodological framework. Consciousness has often been regarded as inferior regarding criticism and dismissal in the philosophy of science. Drawing on Pieter Crafferd’s influential work, The fabric(ation) of consciousness: A neuro-ecological...

DOI: 10.4102/ve.v47i1.3719 (opens in new tab) Power physics Criticism Dismissal Conversation +7

God-free energy and evolutionary epistemology

Verbum et Ecclesia November 19, 2024 J. V. van Rooyen

This article investigates the reasons behind interwovenness and the profound philosophical thought that a God must be a part of the brain’s predictive processing entropies. The article accomplishes this by utilising South African theologian Wentzel J. van Huyssteen’s epistemological consciousness as an added benefit in examining our planet and, as a result, our cosmic universe, which transcends...

Pursuing an understanding of animal consciousness: Implications for animal morality and a creaturely theology

Verbum et Ecclesia March 15, 2016 Cornel W. du Toit 2 citations

The importance of animals in the evolutionary history of homo sapiens comes to the fore in light of an increasingly trans-human techno-scientific environment. New research on consciousness, and animal consciousness in particular, has prompted questions relating to animal rights, animal morality and the emergence of a creaturely theology and theological primatology. The possibility of...

DOI: 10.4102/ve.v36i3.1442 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Animal consciousness Animal communication Animal morality Creaturely theology +4