Galileo, Darwin, and Hawking : The Interplay of Science, Reason, and Religion

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ISBN: 9780802826961 | 0802826962
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Copyright: 2/16/2005

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The history of the interaction between science and religion is fraught with tension, although, as philosopher Phil Dowe demonstrates, many thoughtful and religious people have also found a harmony between these two crucial fields. This book surveys the relationship of science, reason, and religion, giving special attention to the most contentious topics - cosmology, evolution, and miracles.

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Introduction: Harmony or Conflict?	p. 1
Cosmology and Scripture	p. 9
Cosmology	p. 10
Genesis and Hermeneutics	p. 16
Augustine's Hermeneutics	p. 22
Calvin's Hermeneutics	p. 26
Galileo and the Church	p. 29
Bellarmino's Dilemma	p. 33
Galileo's Reconciliatory Hermeneutics	p. 35
Conclusion	p. 38
The Hermeneutics of Science and Religion: Realism and Antirealism	p. 40
Osiander's Preface	p. 41
Antirealist Accounts of Science	p. 42
Scientific Realism and Inference to the Best Explanation	p. 46
Antirealism in Philosophy of Religion	p. 49
Knowledge and Power	p. 57
The Heritage of Greek Logic and Geometry	p. 57
The Image of God	p. 57
Descartes, Rationality, and the Perspicuity of Nature	p. 62
Francis Bacon's Vision of Science and Technology	p. 66
Bacon and the Cultural Mandate	p. 70
Twentieth-Century Critiques of the Baconian Vision	p. 72
From God to Science and Back: The Mutual Relevance of Science and Religion	p. 79
Miracles	p. 82
Hume's Theory of Rational Belief	p. 83
Testimonial Evidence	p. 86
The Concept of a Miracle	p. 87
Hume's First Argument against Miracles	p. 91
A Problem for Testimony	p. 93
Hume's 'Limitation'	p. 94
Hume's Second Argument against Miracles	p. 97
Schlesinger's Defence of Miracles	p. 99
Creation and Evolution	p. 104
Teleological and Mechanical Explanation	p. 104
Paley's Design Argument	p. 109
Darwin's The Origin of Species	p. 113
Natural Selection or Special Creation?	p. 118
Darwin and God	p. 125
Darwin and Asa Gray	p. 127
From the Monkey Jibe to the Monkey Trial	p. 131
Creation Science	p. 137
Big Bang Cosmology and God	p. 142
Kalam Cosmological Argument and the Infinite Universe	p. 143
Big Bang Cosmology	p. 146
The Anthropic Principle	p. 148
God as an Explanation	p. 154
Chance and Many Worlds Explanations	p. 158
The Inverse Gambler's Fallacy	p. 160
The Observer Selection Effect	p. 164
Denial of the Need for Explanation	p. 167
God and Chance	p. 170
The Chance Worldview	p. 170
Providence	p. 173
Three Models of Providence	p. 175
Quantum Chance	p. 178
Chance and Providence	p. 183
Physical Chance, Divine Cause	p. 184
Physical Chance, No Divine Cause	p. 186
Meaningless Coincidences	p. 187
Conclusion	p. 189
The Interaction of Science and Religion	p. 191
Mutual Interaction	p. 191
Defeasibility and the God of the Gaps Objection	p. 193
Conclusion	p. 195
Bibliography	p. 196
Index	p. 203
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Galileo, Darwin, and Hawking : The Interplay of Science, Reason, and Religion

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