Add to ORKGThe second part of this essay discusses Arthur Holly Compton’s religious activities and beliefs, especially his concept of God. Compton gave a prominent role to natural theology, stressing the need to postulate “an intelligence working through nature” and using this to ground religious faith. At the same time, this founder of quantum mechanics used Werner Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle against the widespread view that humans are trapped in a mechanistic universe that permits no freedom of action
Few American scientists have devoted as much attention to religion and science as Harvard geologist ...
The essay is an English version of the German article "Wissenschaftliche Rationalität, menschliches...
Isaac Newton is widely held in the popular imagination to be one of the inventors of modern science....
The second part of this essay discusses Arthur Holly Compton’s religious activities and beliefs, esp...
American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962), who shared the Nobel prize with C. T. R. Wilson...
The final part of this essay examines Compton’s views on immortality and the morality of atomic warf...
Science and Religion represent two great systems of human thought. For most people on our planet, re...
Is it possible to think like a scientist and yet have the faith of a Christian? Although many Wester...
August Comte in the 19th century, James Frazer and Sigmund Freud in the 20th century declared earnes...
This paper presents an overview of the relationship between religion and science. It points out that...
This contribution is a translated, edited and much abbreviated version of chapter 2 in Andreas Losch...
In this challenging and provocative book, Steve Fuller contends that our continuing faith in science...
It is often considered that religion is based upon faith, and science upon reason. However, the rea...
The relationship between science and faith is explored at length in Francis Collins’ book. The coher...
Is it rational for scientifically trained individuals to believe in God, and accept controversial th...
Few American scientists have devoted as much attention to religion and science as Harvard geologist ...
The essay is an English version of the German article "Wissenschaftliche Rationalität, menschliches...
Isaac Newton is widely held in the popular imagination to be one of the inventors of modern science....
The second part of this essay discusses Arthur Holly Compton’s religious activities and beliefs, esp...
American physicist Arthur Holly Compton (1892-1962), who shared the Nobel prize with C. T. R. Wilson...
The final part of this essay examines Compton’s views on immortality and the morality of atomic warf...
Science and Religion represent two great systems of human thought. For most people on our planet, re...
Is it possible to think like a scientist and yet have the faith of a Christian? Although many Wester...
August Comte in the 19th century, James Frazer and Sigmund Freud in the 20th century declared earnes...
This paper presents an overview of the relationship between religion and science. It points out that...
This contribution is a translated, edited and much abbreviated version of chapter 2 in Andreas Losch...
In this challenging and provocative book, Steve Fuller contends that our continuing faith in science...
It is often considered that religion is based upon faith, and science upon reason. However, the rea...
The relationship between science and faith is explored at length in Francis Collins’ book. The coher...
Is it rational for scientifically trained individuals to believe in God, and accept controversial th...
Few American scientists have devoted as much attention to religion and science as Harvard geologist ...
The essay is an English version of the German article "Wissenschaftliche Rationalität, menschliches...
Isaac Newton is widely held in the popular imagination to be one of the inventors of modern science....