Science & its limits :
Ratzsch, Delvin Lee, 1945-
Science & its limits : the natural sciences in Christian perspective / Science and its limits Del Ratzsch. - 2nd ed. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2000. - 191 p. ; 21 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Philosophy of science. c1986.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189) and index.
Contents: Science : what is it? --
The traditional conception of science --
Philosophy of science in the 1960s & 1970s : Kuhn&beyond --
The contemporary situation : a brief introduction --
The competence of science : what can it tell us? --
The limitations of science : what can it not tell us? --
"Scientific" challenges to religious belief --
Design & science --
Christianity & scientific pursuits --
Christianity & the specific content of science : a typology --
Speaking the truth in love : some thoughts about feet.
Science, especially naturalistic science, has come under fire of late. No longer does it command the near universal respect it once held. From the right has come a fresh attack on Darwinism and arguments for intelligent design. From the left postmodern theorists have attacked the very notion of objective truth claims, scientific or otherwise.
0830815805 (USA : pbk. : alk. paper) 0851114660 (UK)
00024681
Religion and science.
BL 240.2 / .R33 2000
261.5/5
Science & its limits : the natural sciences in Christian perspective / Science and its limits Del Ratzsch. - 2nd ed. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2000. - 191 p. ; 21 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Philosophy of science. c1986.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-189) and index.
Contents: Science : what is it? --
The traditional conception of science --
Philosophy of science in the 1960s & 1970s : Kuhn&beyond --
The contemporary situation : a brief introduction --
The competence of science : what can it tell us? --
The limitations of science : what can it not tell us? --
"Scientific" challenges to religious belief --
Design & science --
Christianity & scientific pursuits --
Christianity & the specific content of science : a typology --
Speaking the truth in love : some thoughts about feet.
Science, especially naturalistic science, has come under fire of late. No longer does it command the near universal respect it once held. From the right has come a fresh attack on Darwinism and arguments for intelligent design. From the left postmodern theorists have attacked the very notion of objective truth claims, scientific or otherwise.
0830815805 (USA : pbk. : alk. paper) 0851114660 (UK)
00024681
Religion and science.
BL 240.2 / .R33 2000
261.5/5