A Consideration of the Role of Religion in Science

Document Type : The Quarterly Jornal

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Professor, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this paper, I will first introduce various views of the relationship between science and religion, and then I take up the view that science is along the religion, specifying the religious (monotheistic) worldview as the main ground for scientific activities, in light of which the role of religion in science will be outlined within the following four areas: (1) Supplying the science with its metaphysical presuppositions, (2) presenting an epistemological framework broader than positivistic epistemology, (3) accounting for problems posed for scientists, to which science fails to provide an answer, and (4) instructions as to right uses of science and prevention of its destructive uses.

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