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Religion and Scientific Method

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  • © 1977

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  1. George Schlesinger

    1. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies Series (PSSP, volume 10)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

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      Pages 1-6

  3. The Problem of Evil

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Stating the Problem of Evil

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      Pages 9-13

    3. The Irrelevance of the Amount of Evil

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      Pages 14-17

    4. The Standard by which Divine Acts are Appraised

      • George Schlesinger
      Pages 18-21

    5. Suffering as Punishment

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      Pages 22-26

    6. The Question of an Afterlife

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      Pages 27-41

    7. The ‘Soul Making’ Theodicy

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      Pages 42-46

    8. The Question of Moral Evil

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      Pages 47-51

    9. The Justification for Creating Opportunities for Virtuous Response

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      Pages 52-58

    10. A New Solution

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      Pages 59-63

    11. The Removal of Objections to the Last Solution

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      Pages 64-79

  4. Free Will, Men and Machines

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. A Conflict between Religion and Science

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      Pages 83-84

    3. Newcomb’s Problem of Choice

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      Pages 85-90

    4. The Unpredictability of Some Human Choices

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      Pages 91-98

    5. Some Queries Concerning the Absolute Incompetence of Predictors

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      Pages 99-103

    6. The Predictor as a Diagnostician

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      Pages 104-118

    7. α-Machines and β-Machines

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      Pages 119-124
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About this book

I With the immense success of modem science it has generally become accepted that the only way to acquire knowledge is by the use of the method uniformly practiced by working scientists. Consequently, the credibility of the claims of religion, which seem to be based on belief in revelation, tradition, authority and the like, have been considerably shaken. In the face of the serious threat provided by the ascendancy of modem scientific method­ ology, religious thinkers have adopted various defensive attitudes. Some have retreated into an extreme position where Theism is completely safe from any attack on it by the use of empirical methods of inquiry, maintaining that contrary to appearances, religion makes no factual claims whatsoever. To be religious, they say, is to subscribe to a certain value system; it is to adopt a set of practices and a given attitude to the meaning and purpose of life without making any assertions about this or that empirical feature of the universe. Others wishing to remain more faithful to what religion traditionally meant throughout the ages, agree that Theism does make factual claims but that these are so radically different from the kind of claims made by science that it is only right that they should be established by a separate method on its own. In matters of faith reliance on widely entrenched tradition and sacred authority is not objectionable according to some.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA

    George Schlesinger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Religion and Scientific Method

  • Authors: George Schlesinger

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1235-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1977

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0815-1Published: 30 September 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0816-8Published: 30 September 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-1235-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0921-8599

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 204

  • Topics: Philosophy of the Social Sciences

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