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Science, Worldviews and Education

Reprinted from the Journal Science & Education

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Editors:
  1. Michael R. Matthews

    1. Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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  • First scientific volume addressing the question of the relationship of science and cultural worldviews
  • Investigating how ontological, epistemological and ethical commitments are to be reconciled with both scientific findings and putative scientific worldviews
  • Presenting contributions from various religious and scientific backgrounds

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Science, Worldviews and Education: An Introduction

    • Michael R. Matthews
    Pages 1-26

  3. Science, Worldviews, and Education

    • Hugh G. Gauch Jr.
    Pages 27-48

  4. Teaching the Philosophical and Worldview Components of Science

    • Michael R. Matthews
    Pages 49-80

  5. Worldviews and their relation to science

    • Gürol Irzik, Robert Nola
    Pages 81-97

  6. Contemporary Science and Worldview-Making

    • Alberto Cordero
    Pages 99-116

  7. The Electromagnetic Conception of Nature at the Root of the Special and General Relativity Theories and its Revolutionary Meaning

    • Enrico R. A. Giannetto
    Pages 117-133

  8. Imagining the World: The Significance of Religious Worldviews for Science Education

    • Michael J. Reiss
    Pages 135-148

  9. Whose Science and Whose Religion? Reflections on the Relations between Scientific and Religious Worldviews

    • Stuart Glennan
    Pages 149-164

  10. Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews?

    • Yonatan I. Fishman
    Pages 165-189

  11. The Interplay of Scientific Activity, Worldviews and Value Outlooks

    • Hugh Lacey
    Pages 191-212

  12. Fall and Rise of Aristotelian Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Science

    • John Lamont
    Pages 213-236

  13. Modern Science and Conservative Islam: An Uneasy Relationship

    • Taner Edis
    Pages 237-255

  14. Science and worldviews in the marxist tradition

    • C. D. Skordoulis
    Pages 257-269

  15. Science and Worldviews in the Classroom: Joseph Priestley and Photosynthesis

    • Michael R. Matthews
    Pages 271-302

  16. Responses and Clarifications Regarding Science and Worldviews

    • Hugh G. Gauch Jr.
    Pages 303-325

  17. Back Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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About this book

This book has its origins in a special issue of the journal Science & Education (Volume 18 Numbers 6–7, 2009). The essay by Costas Skordoulis – ‘Science and Worldviews in the Marxist Tradition’ – did not appear in that special issue due to a mistake in production scheduling. It was published in an earlier issue of the journal (Volume 17 Number 6, 2008), but has been included in this book version of the special issue. As explained in the Introduction, the catalyst for the journal special issue was the essay on ‘Science, Worldviews and Education’ submitted to the journal by Hugh G. Gauch Jr. This was circulated to the other contributors who were asked to write their own contribution in the light of the arguments and literature contained in the paper. Hugh made brief ‘Responses and Clari?cations’ after the papers were written. However the Tanis Edis article on Islam and my own article on Priestley were processed too late to bene?t from Hugh’s appraisal. The journal is associated with the International History, Philosophy, and Science Teaching Group which was formed in 1987. The group stages biennial international conferences and occasional regional conferences (details can be found at www. ihpst. org). The group, though the journal, conferences, and its electronic newsletter (at www. ihpst.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

    Michael R. Matthews

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science, Worldviews and Education

  • Book Subtitle: Reprinted from the Journal Science & Education

  • Editors: Michael R. Matthews

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2779-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2778-8Published: 24 November 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9077-3Published: 22 October 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2779-5Published: 14 July 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 345

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from Science & Education, volume 18

  • Topics: Science Education, Educational Philosophy, Religion and Education

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