Adventure in human knowledges and beliefs / Andrew Ralls Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Andrew Ralls, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Hamilton Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>In </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs</span><span>, readers are adjudicators who "measure" the acceptability of knowledges and beliefs. Andrew Ralls Woodward leads readers through an adventure which includes the philosophy of science, religious studies, and theology.</span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Prologue: This Book and Acknowledgments; I: Knowledge or Knowledges? Belief or Beliefs?; 1 The Adventure; 2 Knowledges; 3 Beliefs; 4 Belief as Trust; II: Scientific and Religious People; 5 Religious Language; 6 Some Unexpected Surprises; 7 Faces of Religion / Faces of Science; 8 Knowledge and Belief Communities; III: Adjudicators; 9 Causes and Explanatory Forces; 10 The "Knowledge Bar"; 11 Ancient Forms of Knowledge; 12 The Current Landscape; Epilogue: What Then Is Reality?; Glossary of Strange Sounding Words; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7618-6409-1

OCLC:

889675166