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Bluenose · 04-01-2003, 08:03 AM

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Originally posted by Starboy
... illuminate the darkness of my ignorance...

Starboy

I like that ...

Sounds almost like ZEN astronomy

Just kidding

Bluenose · 04-01-2003, 05:34 PM

"The facts of experience are summarized in the sciences. As a philosophy of religion, this book is an interpretation of science, but is not itself science. The science of religion gives the facts of everyday religious experience as they appear to the historian, the psychologist, and the sociologist. Philosophy in all its branches relies upon science and has no organized subject matter apart from the facts set forth by science. It is the responsibility of the scientist to gather the facts for the philosopher to interpret."

That quote is from the preface of E. S. Brightman's A Philosophy of Religion 1940.

BTW Happy April FOOL's day, though I must admit I have never been a fan of practical jokes etc.

The joke IMHO is the way so many words have changed definition over the years. Would anyone today refer to "religion" as a science ????

Bluenose · 04-15-2003, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Starboy
.... Also, there used to be a great column in Scientific American called "The Amateur Scientist". When I was a kid it was Stong that got me started. Science is one of those things like music where it is a lot more fun to experience it first hand rather than read about it, but reading about it is fun too.

Starboy

BTW Astronomy Book Club which was merged into Library of Science is now Scientific American Book Club and today's email features.......................YES,

The Complete Amateur Scientist from the first article til the last in 2001 on CD-ROM at a very reasonable price.

04-01-2003, 05:34 PM	#192
Bluenose Regular Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: small cold water flat Posts: 471	Full quote "The facts of experience are summarized in the sciences. As a philosophy of religion, this book is an interpretation of science, but is not itself science. The science of religion gives the facts of everyday religious experience as they appear to the historian, the psychologist, and the sociologist. Philosophy in all its branches relies upon science and has no organized subject matter apart from the facts set forth by science. It is the responsibility of the scientist to gather the facts for the philosopher to interpret." That quote is from the preface of E. S. Brightman's A Philosophy of Religion 1940. BTW Happy April FOOL's day, though I must admit I have never been a fan of practical jokes etc. The joke IMHO is the way so many words have changed definition over the years. Would anyone today refer to "religion" as a science ????

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