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Naturalism

no reality outside the natural- either materialistic or spiritual

materialistic naturalism

the physical world is only reality

spiritualistic naturalism

Integration of spiritual dimension into scientific world

Pantheism

no god but combined forces manifested in universe

examples of panthesim

hinduism, taoism

deism

transcendent and creator god that doesn’t intervene in world after

theism

immanent and creator god, involved in world in present

example of theism

christianity, judaism, islam

Transcendent

outside the world

Immanent

manifests in creation, personal

adaequatio intellectus et rei

truth is the correspondence of understanding and reality

empiricism

all knowledge is based on experience derived from the senses

Positivism

only scientifically proven things excludes metaphysics

4 causes

material, metaphysical, efficient, final

Natural theology

establish religious truths by argument without revelations

Heliocentricism

Sun centre of universe, earth revolves around it

Galileo

Defended Heliocentricism, religion and science are mutually independent

Enlightenment

Reason to discover new truths

Stephen Jay Gould- upbringing and religion

Jewish, agnostic

Gould- science and religion should be…

Kept separate, theology cannot make factual claims only ones about values

Gould attempted to…

Eliminate conflict between science and religion, science= facts, religion= values

Weinberg upbringing and religion

Jewish, atheist

Weinberg thoughts on religion

Hostile, evil contradicts existence of a good god

Wilson upbringing

Christian, empiricism

Wilson aim

To use evolution as all encompassing scientific explanation

Wilson believed… about behaviour

Influenced by genes, affected by environment- disagreed by feminists

Carl Sagan upbringing and religion

Jewish, agnostic

Carl Sagan- science and religion are…

didn’t oppose religion but presented difficulties surrounding it- materialistic view

Carl Sagan interest

Extraterrestrial life

Dawkins upbringing

Protestant until 16, atheist

Dawkins religion is…

The root of all evil

Dawkins interest

Theory of evolution explains worlds complexity better

Dawkins and Sagan both believe…

Natural world wonders surpass religious perspective