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Author Dawes, Gregory W., author.

Title Deprovincializing science and religion / Gregory Dawes
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource. (68 pages)
Series Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion
Cambridge elements. Elements in the philosophy of religion.
Contents 1. Introductory Remarks; 2. The Cognitive Dimension; 3. The Goals of Science and Religion; 4. The Organizational Dimension; 5. Epistemological Dimension; 6. Final Reflections
Summary To ask about the relation of science and religion is a fool's errand unless we clarify which science we are discussing, whose religion we are speaking about, and what aspects of each we are comparing. This Element sets the study of science and religion in a global context by examining two ways in which humans have understood the natural world. The first is by reference to observable regularities in the behavior of things; the second is by reference to the work of gods, spirits, and ancestors. Under these headings, this work distinguishes three varieties of science and examines their relation to three kinds of religion along four dimensions: beliefs, goals, organizations, and conceptions of knowledge. It also outlines the emergence of a clear distinction between science and religion and an increase in the autonomy of scientific inquiry. It is these developments that have made conflicts between science and religion possible
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 02, 2021)
Subject Aristotle -- Philosophy -- Aristotelianism
Aristotle
Ethnoscience.
Philosophy, Chinese.
Cosmology.
Religion and science.
Religion and Science
cosmology.
Philosophy, Chinese
Ethnoscience
Cosmology
Religion and science
Genre/Form Electronic books
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781108612623
1108612628