The Challenge of Science (John Danz Lecture Series) - Hardcover

Boas, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0295737352 ISBN 13: 9780295737355

Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr, 1965

Synopsis

It is difficult in our time not to feel overwhelmed by the extent to which science seems to dominate all fields of human involvement. Here one of America's most distinguished philosophers engages human warmth and the clarity of reason to suggest more open perspectives. By viewing the relation of science to art, philosophy and religion as that of reciprocal challenge, Professor Boas illuminates the limits of science and extends the horizon of other forms of human endeavor which may be nonscientific though not necessarily antiscientific. Drawing for comparisons upon a wide range of examples from the fields of art, music, belle-lettres, and the literature of religion and philosophy, these observations assess science as simply one variety of human activity, based on experience. In this context, science can be seen as commanding a vastly significant, but still limited. The author concludes his three-part discussion by proposing that if we ever reach a point in civilization at which there will be peace on earth, it will come about by inspiration of our religious tradition, elaborated into philosophic principles, and tested by the methods of the scientific. The Challenge of Science continues the dialogue on the relationship of science to society and on the rational meaning of life which characterizes this remarkable series. Contents: Introduction; The Challenge to the Arts; The Challenge to Philosophy; The Challenge to Religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
• Publication date: 1965
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0295737352
• ISBN 13: 9780295737355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112