All Outputs (3)

Niche Construction and the Functional Model of the Image of God (2020)
Journal Article
Burdett, M. (2020). Niche Construction and the Functional Model of the Image of God. Philosophy, Theology and the Sciences, 7(2), 158-180. https://doi.org/10.1628/ptsc-2020-0015

The functional model of the image of God (FMIG), until recently, has often been overlooked in science-engaged theology and this is unwarranted. First, because it most closely follows the Genesis text out of which the very concept of the image of God... Read More about Niche Construction and the Functional Model of the Image of God.

Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artifacts? (2020)
Journal Article
BURDETT, M. (2020). Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artifacts?. Zygon, 55(2), 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12595

This paper explores the extent to which the I-You relation should be applied to domains other than the human and the divine focusing particularly on artefacts and technology. Drawing first on the work of Martin Buber, Gabriel Marcel and Martin Heideg... Read More about Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artifacts?.

Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts? (2020)
Journal Article
Burdett, M. (2020). Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts?. Zygon, 55(2), 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12595

This paper explores the extent to which the I-You relation should be applied to domains other than the human and the divine focusing particularly on artefacts and technology. Drawing first on the work of Martin Buber, Gabriel Marcel and Martin Heideg... Read More about Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts?.