Realist Guide to Religion and Science

Why do some religious believers slaughter those who refuse to convert to their faith, refuse scientific evidence for an ancient universe, or hold God to be an utterly arbitrary being? Why do some scientists believe that universes pop into existence from nothing, that aliens seeded life on earth, or that fish turn into reptiles by chance processes? The answer, for both, is the same: the abandonment of realism, the human way for knowing reality. In The Realist Guide to Religion and Science, Fr Paul Robinson explains what realism is all about, then undertakes an historical exploration to show how religion and science become irrational when they abandon realism and intellectually fruitful when they embrace it.

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Realist Guide to Religion and Science

Why do some religious believers slaughter those who refuse to convert to their faith, refuse scientific evidence for an ancient universe, or hold God to be an utterly arbitrary being? Why do some scientists believe that universes pop into existence from nothing, that aliens seeded life on earth, or that fish turn into reptiles by chance processes? The answer, for both, is the same: the abandonment of realism, the human way for knowing reality. In The Realist Guide to Religion and Science, Fr Paul Robinson explains what realism is all about, then undertakes an historical exploration to show how religion and science become irrational when they abandon realism and intellectually fruitful when they embrace it.

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Realist Guide to Religion and Science

Realist Guide to Religion and Science

by Paul Robinson
Realist Guide to Religion and Science

Realist Guide to Religion and Science

by Paul Robinson

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Why do some religious believers slaughter those who refuse to convert to their faith, refuse scientific evidence for an ancient universe, or hold God to be an utterly arbitrary being? Why do some scientists believe that universes pop into existence from nothing, that aliens seeded life on earth, or that fish turn into reptiles by chance processes? The answer, for both, is the same: the abandonment of realism, the human way for knowing reality. In The Realist Guide to Religion and Science, Fr Paul Robinson explains what realism is all about, then undertakes an historical exploration to show how religion and science become irrational when they abandon realism and intellectually fruitful when they embrace it.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781781820131
Publisher: Gracewing
Publication date: 02/01/2018
Pages: 556
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

FR PAUL ROBINSON, a native of Kentucky, USA, received a Masters degree in Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Louisville. After two years in the field, he entered a Catholic seminary to discern his vocation. Since his ordination in 2006, he has been teaching Thomistic philosophy and theology.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..........................................xi

ABBREVIATIONS.........................................................xiii

FOREWORD...................................................................xv

PREFACE.........................................................................xix

I. REASON..............................................................1

1 -THREE WITNESSES...............................................3

2 -FOUR CAUSES.........................................................33

3 -THREE KNOWLEDGES.........................................71

II. RELIGION.........................................................111

4 -PAGAN PANTHEISM............................................113

5 -CATHOLIC CREATIVITY.....................................155

6 -MUSLIM MONOTHEISM.....................................199

7 -PROTESTANT BIBLICISM...................................233

III. SCIENCE..........................................................307

8 -SCIENCE SUICIDE..................................................309

9 -GODLIKE UNIVERSE.............................................349

10 -INORGANIC LIFE.................................................393

11 -UNSPECIFIED SPECIES.......................................433

EPILOGUE......................................................................497

BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................505

INDEX OF NAMES.......................................................511

GENERAL INDEX.........................................................515

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