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Titre(s) : Sacred science ? [Texte imprimé] : on science and its interrelations with religious worldviews / edited by Simen Andersen Øyen, Tone Lund-Olsen, Nora Sørensen Vaage
Publication : Wageningen : Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2012
Description matérielle : 150 p. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Scientific worldviews, religious minds /Simen Andersen Øyen, Nora Sørensen Vaage and
Tone Lund-Olsen -- ; Science and religion? /Gunnar Skirbekk -- ; What is epistocracy?
/Cathrine Holst -- ; Doubt has been eliminated /Roger Strand -- ; The religious belief
in rationality, science and democracy /Simen Andersen Øyen -- ; Psychology as science
or psychology as religion /Ole Jacob Madsen -- ; Science without God /Ragnar Fjelland
-- ; Science and religion, natural and unnatural /Barbara Herrnstein Smith -- ; Immortality
/Kjetil Rommetveit -- ; What should be the role of religion in science education and
bioethics? /Michael J. Reiss -- ; Current commentary : the arc of civil liberation
/Jeffrey C. Alexander
Note(s) : Published in conjunction with the celebration of the 25th anniversary of The Centre
for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen. - Includes bibliographical references
"Science and religion are often viewed as dichotomies. But although our contemporary
society is often perceived as a rationalization process, we still need broad, metaphysical
beliefs outside of what can be proven empirically. Rituals and symbols remain at the
core of modern life. Do our concepts of science and religion require revitalization?
Can science itself be considered a religion, a belief, or an ideology? Science's authority
and prestige allows for little in the way of alternate approaches not founded in empirical
science. It is not unusual to believe that technology and science will solve the world's
fundamental problems. Has truth been colonized by science? Have scientific disciplines
become so specialized and "operationally closed" that they have constructed barriers
to other disciplines as well as the general public? The writers of this book set out
to investigate whether the symbols of academia may in some cases take on a quality
of sacrality, whether the rule of experts can be said to have the character of a "priesthood
of knowledge", whether religion has a place in scientific contexts, and a selection
of other questions concerning science and its relations to religious belief."--P.
[4] of cover
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Øyen, Simen Andersen (1978-....). Éditeur scientifique
Lund-Olsen, Tone. Éditeur scientifique
Vaage, Nora Sørensen (1986-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Religion et sciences
Philosophie des sciences
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789086861965 (pbk.). - ISBN 9086861962 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42750957f
Notice n° :
FRBNF42750957
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