Scientific and Religious Belief

ISBN-13: 9780792325956 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 186 str.

P. Weingartner; Paul Weingartner

Opis

Providing insights into the interrelation between scientific and religious belief, this work covers features of belief in general and discusses distinctive properties between belief, knowledge and acceptance. These properties are considered in relation and comparison to religious belief."

Spis treści

Preface. Knowledge, Faith and Skepticism; K. Lehrer. Discussion. Reasons and Causes for Belief; F. von Kutschera. Discussion. Change of Belief in Nonmonotonic Reasoning; G. Schurz. Discussion. The Case against Value-Free Belief; E. Klevakina-Uljanov. Discussion. Similarities and Differences beteen Scientific and Religious Belief; P. Weingartner. Religious Hypothesis Revisited; J.M. Bochenski. Discussion. On Religious Experience; J. Hick. Discussion.

O autorze

Paul Weingartner, Ph.D. 1961 (Philosophy/Physics) Univ. of Innsbruck, Prof. of Philosophy 1971- (em.1999) Univ. of Salzburg and Institut fuer Wissenschaftstheorie. Honory Doctorate 1995 Marie Curie Univ. Lublin, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences. 10 books, 36 books edited, 150 articles. Guest professorships and guest lectures at more than 100 universities. Paul Weingartner is one of the most distinguished philosophers and logicians in German language countries. He has published many books and articles in the domains of philosophy of sciences, logic, ethics and philosophy of religion.