The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science
Title | The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2007-12-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521875595 |
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The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science
Title | The Bible, Protestantism, and the Rise of Natural Science PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2001-07-26 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780521000963 |
An examination of the role played by the Bible in the emergence of natural science.
The Territories of Science and Religion
Title | The Territories of Science and Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 315 |
Release | 2015-04-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 022618448X |
Peter Harrison takes what we think we know about science and religion, dismantles it, and puts it back together again in a provocative new way. It is a mistake to assume, as most do, that the activities and achievements that are usually labeled religious and scientific have been more or less enduring features of the cultural landscape of the West. Harrison, by setting out the history of science and religion to see when and where they come into being and to trace their mutations over timereveals how distinctively Western and modern they are. Only in the past few hundred years have religious beliefs and practices been bounded by a common notion and set apart from the secular. And the idea of the natural sciences as discrete activities conducted in isolation from religious and moral concerns is even more recent, dating from the nineteenth century. Putting the so-called opposition between religion and science into historical perspective, as Harrison does here for the first time, has profound implications for our understanding of the present and future relations between them. "
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
Title | The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method PDF eBook |
Author | Henri Poincaré |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 556 |
Release | 2022-08-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method" by Henri Poincaré. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages
Title | The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Grant |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1996-10-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521567626 |
This 1997 book views the substantive achievements of the Middle Ages as they relate to early modern science.
The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Science and Religion PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Harrison |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2010-06-24 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0521712513 |
This book explores the historical relations between science and religion and discusses contemporary issues with perspectives from cosmology, evolutionary biology and bioethics.
Theory and Reality
Title | Theory and Reality PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Godfrey-Smith |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 2021-07-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 022677113X |
How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is “really” like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more than a hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Examples and asides engage the beginning student, a glossary of terms explains key concepts, and suggestions for further reading are included at the end of each chapter. Like no other text in this field, Theory and Reality combines a survey of recent history of the philosophy of science with current key debates that any beginning scholar or critical reader can follow. The second edition is thoroughly updated and expanded by the author with a new chapter on truth, simplicity, and models in science.