Karl Giberson, Mariano Artigas

Oracles of Science (eBook, ePUB)

Celebrity Scientists Versus God and Religion

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Oracles of Science examines the popular writings of the six scientists who have been the most influential in shaping our perception of science, how it works, and how it relates to other fields of human endeavor, especially religion. Biologists Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Dawkins, and Edward O. Wilson, and physicists Carl Sagan, Stephen Hawking, and Steven Weinberg, have become public intellectuals, articulating a much larger vision for science and what role it should play in the modern worldview. The scientific prestige and literary eloquence of each of these great thinkers combine to transform them into what can only be called oracles of science. Their controversial, often personal, sometimes idiosyncratic opinions become widely known and perceived by many to be authoritative. Curiously, the leading 'oracles of science' are predominantly secular in ways that don't reflect the distribution of religious beliefs within the scientific community. Many of them are even hostile to religion, creating a false impression that science as a whole is incompatible with religion. Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas offer an informed analysis of the views of these six scientists, carefully distinguishing science from philosophy and religion in the writings of the oracles. This book will be welcomed by many who are disturbed by the tone of the public discourse on the relationship between science and religion and will challenge others to reexamine their own preconceptions about this crucial topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190295080
• Artikelnr.: 42635745

Autorenporträt

Dr. Karl Giberson is Professor of Physics at Eastern Nazarene College, Canada, Editor-in-Chief of Science & Spirit, and Editor of Science & Theology News. Dr. Marino Artigas is Full Professor of Philosophy of Science at University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Oracles of Science
Chapter 1: A Good Devil's Chaplain: Richard Dawkins
Chapter 2: Rocks of Ages and the Ages of the Rocks: Stephen Jay Gould
Chapter 3: Reading the Mind of God: Stephen Hawking
Chapter 4: A Light in the Darkness: Carl Sagan
Chapter 5: Understanding a Pointless Universe: Steven Weinberg
Chapter 6: A Pulitzer for the Ants: Edward O. Wilson
Conclusion: Science and Beyond