Are there limits to science? / edited by Gillian Straine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Straine, Gillian, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

"This book is the result of the 2016 conference of the UK's Science and Religion Forum which brings together leading scientific and theological thinkers to reflect together on key issues. The focus was a timely one: Are there limits to Science? Both inside and outside of the academy, the questions of where we seek knowledge and how to discern truth remain high on the agenda. By asking this key question, the conference brought together philosophers, theologians, practitioners and scientists to discuss how they judge these boundary areas and the lay of the land ahead. The resulting conversation is wide-ranging, touching on the discernment of God in nature, the boundary between the physical and mental in human identity, and the importance of taking history seriously. There can be no doubt that the questions and the insights offered in this book are invaluable to anyone seeking to explore the limits of the field of science and religion, and to reflect on its wider implications."

Contents:

God, naturalism, and the limits of science / Fiona Ellis

From the limits of science to the limits of metaphysics : a philosophical evaluation of Fiona Ellis' naturalistic theology / Mikael Leidenhag

An elephant in the room : why the causal joint is still worth talking about / Sarah Lane Ritchie

The wild experiment : emotion, reason, and the limits of science / Donovan O. Schaefer

What should Christian theology (not) learn from science? the case of the human brain / Neil Messer

Physics : the endless frontier / Nathan Aviezer

The case of Thales' ox : an historical limit to science (and its relation to religion) / Michael Fuller

John Spencer and the limits of natural causation in early modern England / Peter N. Jordan

Naturalism, the limits of science and the case for non-scientific knowledge / Emmanuel Nartey

The limits to science : a Barthian approach / Philip Chapman

Ways to develop students' appreciation of the power and limitations of science / Berry Billingsley and Mehdi Nassaji

A Christian response to transhumanism / David Ashford

Among the limits to science : some after-dinner thoughts / Neil Spurway

Closing reflections / Mark Harris.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 23, 2017).

ISBN:

1-5275-0041-1

OCLC:

1005613154