Book ID: CBB557648616

Against Methodology in Science and Religion: Recent Debates on Rationality and Theology (2018)

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Reeves, Josh (Author)


Routledge


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 160 pages
Language: English

Since its development as a field over the last part of the twentieth century, scholars in science and religion have been heavily concerned with methodological issues. Following the lead of Thomas Kuhn, many scholars in this interdisciplinary field have offered proposals that purport to show how theology and science are compatible by appropriating theories of scientific methodology or rationality. Arguing against this strategy, this book shows why much of this methodological work is at odds with recent developments in the history and philosophy of science and should be reconsidered. Firstly, three influential methodological proposals are critiqued: Lakatosian research programs, Alisdair McGrath’s "Scientific Theology" and the Postfoundationalist project of Wentzel van Huyssteen. Each of these approaches is shown to have a common failing: the idea that science has an essential nature, with features that unite "scientific" or even "rational" inquiry across time or disciplines. After outlining the issues this failing could have on the viability of the field, the book concludes by arguing that there are several ways scholarship in science and religion can move forward, even if the terms "science" and "religion" do not refer to something universally valid or philosophically useful. This is a bold study of the methodology of science and religion that pushes both subjects to consider the other more carefully. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars in religious studies, theology and the philosophy of science.

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Authors & Contributors
Derek J. Skillings
Rouquayrol, Louis
Dowek, Gilles
Lisa M. Osbeck
Francesco Coniglione
Emily E. Vasquez
Concepts
Methodology of science; scientific method
Methodology
Philosophy of science
Epistemology
Logic
Evolution
Time Periods
19th century
Ancient
17th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Latin America
China
Tibet
Brazil
Institutions
School of Milan
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
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