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Is nature enough? : meaning and truth in the age of science
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ISBN: 0521847141 0521609933 9780521847148 9780521609937 9780511809279 0511191391 9780511191398 051119000X 9780511190001 0511190646 9780511190643 0511190964 9780511190964 0511191820 9780511191824 0511809271 128045850X 9781280458507 1107164397 0511316267 Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Is nature all there is? John Haught examines this question and in doing so addresses a fundamental issue in the dialogue of science with religion. The belief that nature is all there is and that no overall purpose exists in the universe is known broadly as 'naturalism'. Naturalism, in this context, denies the existence of any realities distinct from the natural world and human culture. Since the rise of science in the modern world has had so much influence on naturalism's intellectual acceptance, the author focuses on 'scientific' naturalism and the way in which its defenders are now attempting to put a distance between contemporary thought and humanity's religious traditions. Haught seeks to provide a reasonable, scientifically informed alternative to naturalism. His approach will provide the basis for lively discussion among students, scholars, scientists, theologians and intellectually curious people in general.


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Reflecties : over de wetenschap, het leven, en wat die van elkaar vermoeden.
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ISBN: 902891403X Year: 1989 Publisher: Kapellen Pelckmans


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A comprehensible universe : the interplay of science and theology
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ISBN: 1281513156 9786611513153 3540776265 3540776249 3642096379 9783540776246 9783540776260 9783642096372 Year: 2008 Publisher: New York : Springer,

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Why is our world comprehensible? This question seems so trivial that few people have dared to ask it. In this book we explore the deep roots of the mystery of rationality. The inquiry into the rationality of the world began over two-and-a-half-thousand years ago, when a few courageous people tried to understand the world with the help of reason alone, rejecting the comforting fabric of myth and legend. After many philosophical and theological adventures the Greek concept of rationality laid the foundations of a revolutionary way of thinking: the scientific method, which transformed the world. But looking at the newest fruits of the world's rationality - relativity theory, quantum mechanics, the unification of physics, quantum gravity - the question arises: what are the limits of the scientific method? The principal tenet of rationality is that you should never stop asking questions until everything has been answered ... "The Comprehensible Universe is a thoughtful book by two authors who have professional expertise in physics and astronomy and also in theology. They are exceptionally well informed about the history of the relation between science and theology, and they maintain throughout their discussion a respect for empirical evidence and a dedication to rationality. Even though I do not agree with all of their conclusions on matters of great complexity I am impressed by the fairness of their argumentation." Abner Shimony, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Physics, Boston University.

Religion, science, and naturalism
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ISBN: 0521497086 052164562X 0511005024 0511585322 9780511005022 9780521497084 9780511585326 Year: 1996 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This book considers the consequences of the natural sciences (physics, biology, neurosciences) for our view of the world. Willem Drees argues that higher, more complex levels of reality, such as religion and morality, are to be viewed as natural phenomena and have their own concepts and explanations, even though all elements of reality are constituted by the same kinds of matter (ontological naturalism). Religion and morality are to be understood as rooted in our evolutionary past and our neurophysiological constitution. The book takes a more radical naturalist position than most on religion and science. But religion is not dismissed: religious traditions remain important as bodies of wisdom and vision, and the naturalist view of the world does not exclude a sense of wonder and awe, since at the limits of science questions about the existence of natural reality persist.


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Sign or symptom? : exceptional corporeal phenomena in religion and medicine in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
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ISBN: 9461662238 9789461662231 9789462701076 9462701075 Year: 2017 Volume: 19 Publisher: Leuven : Leuven University Press,

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Religion and science on paranormal events. Described as 'the hand of God', as 'pathological' or even as 'a clever trick', exceptional corporeal phenomena such as miraculous cures, stigmata, and incorrupt corpses have triggered heated debates in the past. Depending on their definition as either 'supernatural', 'psycho-somatic' or 'fraudulent', different authorities have sought to explain these enigmatic occurrences by stimulating inquiries and claiming jurisdiction over them. As a consequence, separate ecclesiastic and medical forms of expertise emerged on these issues in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This incommensurability has since echoed in historical analyses of paranormal events. In this book the emphasis is not placed solely on the debates within one or the other epistemological system (science or religion), but also on the crossovers and collaborations between them. Religion and science developed through a process of interaction. A changing religious climate and new religious currents provided new cases for study. Religious phenomena inspired new medical approaches such as the healing power of faith. New medical findings could be adopted to oppose new messiahs and medical imagery came to inspire the campaigns of opponents of aberrant of religious currents. 'Sign or Symptom?' explores how the evolutions within religion and science influenced each other, a productive interaction that has been hidden from view until now.

Voorbij het individu : mensbeelden in wetenschappen
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ISBN: 9053502165 9789053502167 Year: 1993 Publisher: Leuven Garant

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Dit boek gaat uit van de veronderstelling dat maatschappelijke gedragingen een uiting zijn van onderliggende mensbeelden. Die mensbeelden analyseren en helder maken moet dan ook bijdragen tot inzicht en oplossing van diverse problemen. Eerst wijst de auteur op verschuivingen door de tijden heen in het zelfverstaan van de mens. Daarna laat hij zien welk mensbeeld gecreëerd wordt vanuit de fysica, de psychologie, de sociologie en de evolutieleer. Uiteindelijk wordt het dominante beeld van de 'mens-als-individu' indringend gerelativeerd en ontwerpt de auteur een mensbeeld 'voorbij-het-individu'. De mens is een knooppunt van relaties.

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Man --- Science --- -Social sciences --- -Human beings --- 159.923 --- Academic collection --- 3 --- 316.4 --- 159.9 --- $?$93/09 --- #KVHB:Mensbeeld --- mensbeeld --- opvoeding en onderwijs --- wijsgerige antropologie --- Evolutie --- Geschiedenis --- Individualisme --- Mensbeeld --- Natuurkunde --- Opvoeding --- Psychologie --- Sociologie --- Homo sapiens --- Human race --- Humanity (Human beings) --- Humankind --- Humans --- Mankind --- People --- Hominids --- Persons --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Philosophy --- Persoonlijkheid. Identiteit --- #A9607W --- Human beings. --- Social sciences --- Pedagogiek en onderwijskunde --- Philosophy. --- fundamentele pedagogiek --- fundamentele pedagogiek. --- 159.923 Persoonlijkheid. Identiteit --- Fundamentele pedagogiek. --- mensbeelden --- vroedkundige opleiding --- 127 --- zelfconcept --- Mensbeeld. --- Lerarenopleiding --- algemeen. --- Human beings --- 432 )* THEORETISCHE OPVOEDKUNDE --- 450.41 --- Maatschappij --- Mensbeelden --- antropologie --- pedagogie --- #GGSB: Sociale wet. essays --- #GSDBP --- Education Opvoeding --- Enseignement Onderwijs --- Société Maatschappij --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Wijsgerige antropologie --- Onderwijsfilosofie --- 37 --- fysica --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Philosophical anthropology --- sociologie --- leraren-leerling relatie --- onderwijs --- opvoeding --- evolutieleer --- aansprakelijkheid (recht) --- intermenselijke relaties --- Sociale wet. essays

Moral thinking : its levels, method, and point
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ISBN: 0198246609 0198246595 0191597597 1282006878 9786612006876 0191519871 9780198246596 9780198246602 9780191519871 9780191597596 6612006870 9781282006874 Year: 1981 Publisher: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,

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In this work, the author has fashioned out of the logical and linguistic theses of his earlier books a full-scale but readily intelligible account of moral argument.

Against ethics : contributions to a poetics of obligation with constant reference to deconstruction
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ISBN: 0585105596 9780585105598 9780253114877 025311487X 0253313139 0253208165 9780253313133 9780253208163 Year: 1999 Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press,

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