The scientific & the divine : conflict and reconciliation from ancient Greece to the present / James A. Arieti and Patrick A. Wilson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, c2003.Description: xv, 334 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0742513963 (alk. paper)
  • 0742513971 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Scientific and the divine
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BL240.3 .A75 2003
Contents:
The problem -- Is human reason able to explain the world? -- What is science? -- The origin of scientific attempts to explain the world -- The god of ancient philosophers -- General considerations concerning the reconciliation of science and religion -- Plato -- Philo of Alexandria -- Reconciling science and religion in medieval Islam -- Reconciling science and religion in medieval Judaism -- Reconciling science and religion in the Christian Middle Ages -- Reconciling science and religion from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment -- Science and religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Science and religion at the end of the twentieth century -- Conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.

The problem -- Is human reason able to explain the world? -- What is science? -- The origin of scientific attempts to explain the world -- The god of ancient philosophers -- General considerations concerning the reconciliation of science and religion -- Plato -- Philo of Alexandria -- Reconciling science and religion in medieval Islam -- Reconciling science and religion in medieval Judaism -- Reconciling science and religion in the Christian Middle Ages -- Reconciling science and religion from the Renaissance through the Enlightenment -- Science and religion in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Science and religion at the end of the twentieth century -- Conclusions.

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