Prospects for the Field of Science and Religion: An Octopus View

TY - JOUR

T1 - Prospects for the Field of Science and Religion: An Octopus View

AU - Gregersen, Niels Henrik

PY - 2014/6

Y1 - 2014/6

N2 - The organic unity between the head and the vital arms of the octopus is proposed as a metaphor for science and religion as an academic field. While the specific object of the field is to pursue second-order reflections on existing and possible relations between sciences and religions, it is argued that several aspects of realism and normativity are constitutive to the field. The vital arms of the field are related to engagements with distinctive scientific theories, specialized philosophy of science, representative theological proposals, and the input from the study of world religions.

AB - The organic unity between the head and the vital arms of the octopus is proposed as a metaphor for science and religion as an academic field. While the specific object of the field is to pursue second-order reflections on existing and possible relations between sciences and religions, it is argued that several aspects of realism and normativity are constitutive to the field. The vital arms of the field are related to engagements with distinctive scientific theories, specialized philosophy of science, representative theological proposals, and the input from the study of world religions.

U2 - 10.1111/zygo.12091

DO - 10.1111/zygo.12091

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0591-2385

VL - 49

SP - 419

EP - 429

JO - Zygon

JF - Zygon

IS - 2

ER -