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The fall of man and the foundations of science / Peter Harrison

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press [2007], 2007

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 300 p)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-291) and index

Erscheint auch als: Harrison, Peter, 1955- : Fall of man and the foundations of science. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 (Druck-Ausgabe)

Rezensiert in: The fall of man and the foundations of science. By Peter Harrison. Pp. xi+300. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. £50. 978 0 521 87559 2 / Stephen D. Snobelen, 2012

Rezensiert in: The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science. By Peter Harrison / Methuen, Charlotte [GNDNR:137191812], 2010

Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: HARRISON, PETER, The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science] / Smiles, Vincent M.

0-511-37111-X (electronic bk.); 0-511-37064-4 (electronic bk.); 0-511-48775-4 (electronic bk.); 978-0-511-37064-9 (electronic bk.); 978-0-511-48775-0 (electronic bk.); 978-0-511-37111-0 (electronic bk.)

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bisacsh: REL 067000 ; bicssc: HR ; bisacsh: REL 067000

SSG-Nummer(n): 10

LOC-SH: Religion and science -- History ; Electronic books

RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; General ; Religion and science ; Entwicklung ; Erbsünde ; Erkenntnistheorie ; Naturwissenschaften ; Religion ; Schöpfungslehre ; Sündenfall ; Theologische Erkenntnistheorie ; History

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Adam's Encyclopaedia -- Science in paradise -- Falling into ignorance -- Inheriting error -- Carnal knowledge and the divine light -- Baptising aristotle -- Chapter 2 Augustine revived -- Luther and the putrid philosopher -- Depravity and doubt -- Augustinus -- The sceptical hypothesis -- Chapter 3 Seeking certainty in a fallen world -- Vestiges of heavenly light -- Mathematical certainties -- Adam, moses, hermes, solomon -- Inspiration, experience, and experiment -- Chapter 4 Dethroning the idols -- Self-knowledge and the sciences -- The dominion of mind -- The fallen body -- Intellectual idolatry -- Chapter 5 The instauration of learning -- 'Knowledge shall be increased' -- Reversing babel -- Solomon's house -- The limits of reason -- Anthropology abandoned -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page.

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Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge