| The Fall of Man and the Foundations of Science Contributor(s): Harrison, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521875595 ISBN-13: 9780521875592 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: Peter Harrison provides a new account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge. He shows how the new 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 which sees science emerging in conflict with religion, Harrison argues that theological considerations were of vital importance in the framing of the new scientific method. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Religion & Science - Religion | Christian Theology - General - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 261.550 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.32" W x 9.06" (1.42 lbs) 316 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline - Theometrics - Evangelical |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |