Science & its limits : the natural sciences in Christian perspective / Del Ratzsch
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TextSeries: ISSR LibraryPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2000Edition: 2nd edDescription: 191 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0830815805
- 9780830815807
- 0851114660
- 9780851114668
- Science and its limits
- 261.55Â 21Â RAT
- BL240.2Â .R33 2000
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Revised edition of: Philosophy of science. c1986
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189) and index
Science : what is it? -- The traditional conception of science -- Philosophy of science in the 1960s & 1970s : Kuhn & beyond -- The contemporary situation : a brief introduction -- The competence of science : what can it tell us? -- The limitations of science : what can it not tell us? -- "Scientific" challenges to religious belief -- Design & science -- Christianity & scientific pursuits -- Christianity & the specific content of science : a typology -- Speaking the truth in love : some thoughts about feet
Science, especially naturalistic science, has come under fire of late. No longer does it command the near universal respect it once held. From the right has come a fresh attack on Darwinism and arguments for intelligent design. From the left postmodern theorists have attacked the very notion of objective truth claims, scientific or otherwise
Into the fray Del Ratzsch breathes a breath of calm. He asks, What is science? What can it tell us? What can't it tell us? What challenges does it offer to Christian faith? How should a Christian respond?
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