The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science (Volume 0) - Softcover

Harrison, Peter

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9780521117296: The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science (Volume 0)
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ISBN 10: 0521117291 ISBN 13: 9780521117296
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. He shows how the approaches to the study of nature that emerged in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were directly informed by theological discussions about the Fall of Man and the extent to which the mind and the senses had been damaged by that primeval event. Scientific methods, he suggests, were originally devised as techniques for ameliorating the cognitive damage wrought by human sin. At its inception, modern science was conceptualized as a means of recapturing the knowledge of nature that Adam had once possessed. Contrary to a widespread view that sees science emerging in conflict with religion, Harrison argues that theological considerations were of vital importance in the framing of the scientific method.

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Peter Harrison is the Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at the University of Oxford.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521117291
ISBN 13 
9780521117296
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
316
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