Science & its limits : the natural sciences in Christian perspective / Del Ratzsch.
Material type: TextPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2000.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 191 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0830815805 (USA : pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0851114660 (UK)
- Science and its limits
- 261.5/5 21
- BL 240.2 .R33 2000
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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.