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God, Scripture and the Rise of Modern Science (1200--1700): Notes in the Margin of Harrison's Hypothesis (2008)

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This chapter assumes, with Huizinga and Harrison, that the symbolic view of nature diverted attention away from nature to God and that the rise of modern science required a focus on nature for its own sake. To understand why Harrison thinks the turn from symbolic to causal thought was an important condition for the rise of modern science we need to sketch some details of nature symbolism. If the problem for the Protestant reformers was indeterminacy of meaning of Scripture texts and this was seen as the result of factual allegory, then the solution would have been the rejection of indeterminacy of meaning (allegory). The Protestant reformers failed to achieve agreement on the interpretation of Scripture texts on important theological issues. Harrison makes the weaker claim that the Protestant reformers were pursuing determinacy of meaning primarily though not exclusively by means of literal interpretation.

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Authors & Contributors
Meer, Jitse M. van der
Mandelbrote, Scott
Howell, Kenneth James
Prinster, Scott Gerard
Volpe, Tony
Touber, Jetze
Concepts
Bible
Hermeneutics
Natural philosophy
Protestantism
Development of science; change in science
Christianity
Time Periods
Medieval
17th century
Renaissance
16th century
Early modern
15th century
Places
United States
Netherlands
Greece
France
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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