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J. P. Moreland. Christianity and the Nature of Science:

Hogan, Edward
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Hogan, Edward
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scientific ethics
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Methods of ethics
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"The topic of this book is somewhat more specific than the title suggests. It's main question is whether "creation science" is really a science or not. The book is essentially a primer in the history and philosophy of science for those interested in the creation/evolution debates. It does not pretend to consider the biblical or theological adequacy of creation science, nor the facts that each side musters in its favor. Instead the author aims to show that, at minimum, objections to the scientific status of creationism fail to be convincing because they are insufficiently informed by the history and philosophy of science. Put another way: this is a sourcebook, not necessarily for winning the next court case or school board debate in the creation/evolution controversy - indeed, the book's tone is not at all polemical, and its measured tone is itself a contribution to the controversy - but certainly for moving those debates to another level of sophistication concerning what it means to be a science. [2] The book has three basic premises. First, that it is imperative for Christianity to interact with the contemporary world "in a humble, Christ-honoring, and well informed way" (11); and if it is to do so, it must interact with the most important influence shaping that world, science. Second, that one's philosophy of science is foundational to how one integrates theology and science. And third, that the prevailing philosophy of science in the present context of the creation/evolution controversy is modern in the pejorative sense, that is, it assumes that scientism is true, that scientific realism is true, and that a clear line of demarcation can be drawn between science and all other disciplines."(pg 1)
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1999
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