The Justification of Science and the Rationality of Religious Belief
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Oxford Philosophical Monographs
ISBN-10
0198240198
ISBN-13
9780198240198
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 1992
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
262 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledgePhilosophy of religionPhilosophy of science
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In this book, Banner examines the nature of scientific theories and of religious belief. He argues that, contrary to what is often supposed, religious belief can receive a defence as compelling as that given to the best scientific theories.
Believers and non-believers often take it for granted that traditional religious faith is, in principle, incapable of the sort of justification which might be given to a scientific theory. Yet how are scientific theories justified and is it the case that religious belief cannot satisfy the same standards of rationality?Based on a critical examination of recent accounts of the nature of science and of its justification given by Kuhn, Popper, Lakatos, Laudan, and Newton-Smith, this book contends that models of scientific rationality which are used in criticism of religious belief are in fact often inadequate as accounts of the nature of science. It is argued that a realist philosophy of science both reflects the character of science and scientific justification, and also suggests that religious belief could be given a justification of the same sort.
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