ISBN:
9780192535863
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (367 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.45
Keywords:
Philosophy and science
;
Philosophy and religion
;
Religion and science
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
An exposition on the common phrase "science and religion". Science has something to say about every aspect of human experience, and religion is, broadly speaking, the attempt by people to find and assert meaningfulness.
Abstract:
Cover -- It Keeps Me Seeking: The Invitation from Science, Philosophy, and Religion -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Four themes -- 1.1.1 Opening the first theme -- 1.2 Fear and Sleepy Dust -- 1.3 Three example issues -- 1.3.1 Does Christianity impede the progress of science? -- 1.3.2 Is Christianity incompatible with evolution? -- 1.3.3 Is Christianity useful for moral and ethical thought in science and technology? -- 1.4 What is this book about? -- 2: A conversation about the themes -- 2.1 First theme: the approach to God -- 2.2 Third theme: uncertainty -- 3: Religion, history, and philosophy -- 3.1 Religion -- 3.2 Philosophy getting muddled about religion -- 3.3 The divorce settlement? -- 3.4 Glossary -- 4: How is science to be carried forward, and its conclusions reported? -- 4.1 Three reasoned arguments and two ways of reacting -- 4.2 Letting science be science: an illustration -- 4.3 Good practice -- 5: What does it mean to be me? -- 5.1 Machine intelligence -- 5.2 How did humans become responsible? -- 5.3 The distinctive nature of human existence -- 5.4 My genes made me do it -- 5.5 In the image of God -- 6: The two Tabors -- Andrew Briggs gives a personal account -- 7: The deeply subtle nature of physically existing things -- 7.1 Classical and quantum physics -- 7.1.1 Quantum physics: approach 1 (the 'paths in spacetime' approach) -- 7.1.2 Quantum physics: approach 2 (the 'state in Hilbert space' approach) -- 7.2 Entanglement -- 7.3 Quantum information -- 7.4 Quantum computing -- 7.5 Brain function -- 8: Issues arising from quantum physics -- 8.1 Interpreting the picture of physical reality -- 8.2 Implications of quantum physics for issues of personal identity -- 8.2.1 The soul -- 8.3 Divine action -- 8.4 Some positive lessons to draw from quantum physics -- 9: On the way -- Andrew Steane gives a personal account.
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