EAN: 9781402098956

TRUTH IN SCIENCE THE HUMANITIES AND RELIGION GE...

The question of the meaning of truth is central to many areas of contemporary debate  whether
between those subscribing to a post-Enlightenment view of the world and those who seek
fundamental truth in religious texts  or between those maintaining that there are absolute
truths and those believing facts to be social constructs. For some  the ultimate truth is
revealed through religious faith and textual authority. Can this view be reconciled with an
evidence-based  materialist  post-Enlightenment perspective of the truth as embraced by the
natural sciences? If religion holds the key to the truth  which religion and which truths? What
is the attitude of the humanities to the meaning of truth? Truth in the sciences and the
humanities as well as in religion and theology is the central theme of this book based on the
proceedings of a conference organized by the International Balzan Foundation. It contains the
speakers' lectures  the corresponding reactions of the invited panel members as well as the
general discussions. The reader can familiarize himself with views ranging from philosophy to
religion  from mathematics  physics and cosmology to biological sciences  history  sociology
and economics. The exceptional wide scope of the book  comprising arguments about truth in the
sciences  the humanities as well as religion and theology together with the discussions between
representatives of all these different fields  means that it is of interest to a professional
as well as a general readership.

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