Bruce Gordon, William Dembski

The Nature of Nature (eBook, ePUB)

Examining the Role of Naturalism in Science

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The intellectual and cultural battles now raging over theism and atheism, conservatism and secular progressivism, dualism and monism, realism and antirealism, and transcendent reality versus material reality extend even into the scientific disciplines. This stunning new volume captures this titanic clash of worldviews among those who have thought most deeply about the nature of science and of the universe itself. Unmatched in its breadth and scope, The Nature of Naturebrings together some of the most influential scientists, scholars, and public intellectuals-including three Nobel laureates-across a wide spectrum of disciplines and schools of thought. Here they grapple with a perennial question that has been made all the more pressing by recent advances in the natural sciences: Is the fundamental explanatory principle of the universe, life, and self-conscious awareness to be found in inanimate matter or immaterial mind? The answers found 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Intercollegiate Studies Institute
• Seitenzahl: 900
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781497644373
• Artikelnr.: 41056445

Autorenporträt

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.