The Nature of Nature: Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1935191284 ISBN 13: 9781935191285

Casa editrice: Isi Books, 2011

Riassunto

The culture war over theism versus atheism, traditional values versus secular progressivism, and transcendent versus material reality has focused on science as the prize. Who gets to define science? Does science underwrite a naturalistic worldview? Or does it point to a nonmaterial reality?

This landmark volume takes readers to ground zero of the culture war, detailing science's unparalleled role in shaping our understanding of nature and thereby our view of reality.

Unmatched in its breadth and scope, The Nature of Nature brings together some of the most influential scientists, scholars, and public intellectuals of our dayłincluding three Nobel laureatesłto grapple with a perennial question that has been sharpened by recent advances in the natural sciences: What is the fundamental explanatory principle of the universe, inanimate matter or immaterial mind?

The answers put forward in this book have profound implications for what it means to do science, what it means to be human, and what the future holds for all of us.

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L'autore:

Bruce L. Gordon is a historian and philosopher of physics who holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University along with degrees in applied mathematics and analytic philosophy. A former research professor and director of the program in science and religion at Baylor University, he was research director of the Center for Science and Culture at Discovery Institute, where he remains a Senior Fellow, and is currently associate professor of science and mathematics at The King's College in New York City.

 William A. Dembski holds Ph.D.s in mathematics and philosophy and has done postdoctoral work in mathematics, physics, and computer science. The author or editor of more than a dozen books, he has appeared on ABC’s Nightline, Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, and many other television and radio programs.

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• Editore: Isi Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1935191284
• ISBN 13: 9781935191285
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 963
• Redattore: Gordon Bruce L., Dembski William A.