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    Robert Deltete — Carmelics
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    Robert Deltete

    contemporaryAnalytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

    Robert Deltete is a contemporary philosopher at Seattle University specializing in the history and philosophy of science, particularly nineteenth-century energetics and thermodynamics. He has also contributed to philosophy of religion, engaging questions about divine action, conservation, and the metaphysics of material existence. His work bridges the history of physics and analytic philosophy of religion.

    Notable Achievements

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    Scholarly work on Georg Helm and the energetics movement in 19th-century physics

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    Contributions to the debate over divine conservation and continuous creation

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    Research on Ernst Mach and the philosophical foundations of thermodynamics

    4

    Interdisciplinary engagement between philosophy of science and natural theology

    Positions & Arguments(1)

    Natural Theology

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    Divine creative intervention is not causally necessary for the nonconservative appearance of new matter in steady-state cosmology.

    Causation

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    Divine creative intervention is not causally necessary for the nonconservative appearance of new matter in steady-state cosmology.

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    Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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    Causation1
    Natural Theology1

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