Abstract |
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General Introduction |
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Chapter One The Concept of Science in the Context of Western Civilisation and the Debate between Science and Faith |
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1.2 The Problem of Method and Rationality |
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1.3 The Concept of Science |
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1.3.2 The Origin of Science |
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1.3.2.1 Stillbirth of Science in India |
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1.3.2.2 Stillbirth of Science in Egypt |
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1.3.2.3 Stillbirth of Science in Ancient Mesopotamia |
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1.3.2.4 Stillbirth of Science in China |
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1.3.2.5 Stillbirth of Science among the Muslim |
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1.3.2.6 Stillbirth of Science among the Greeks |
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1.3.2.7 Reasons for the Viable Birth of Science in the Christian West |
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1.3.3 The Role of Catholic Church in the Development of Science |
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1.3.4 Hostility to the Christian Foundation of Science |
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1.4 Stanley Jaki and Other Thoughts on Medieval Science |
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Chapter Two Relationship between Science and Religion |
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2.2 The Models of Ian Graeme Barbour of the Relationships between Science and Religion |
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2.3 Collocating Jaki's Thoughts in the Models of Barbour |
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2.3.1 Collocating Jaki's Thoughts in Conflict and Independence Models |
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2.3.3 Collocating Jaki's Thoughts in Dialogue and Integration Models |
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2.4 Jaki's Cosmological Arguments and the Role of Philosophy |
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2.4.1 Science, Chance and Philosophy |
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2.4.2 The Problem of Evolution, Religion and Philosophy |
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Chapter Three The Unity of Reason |
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3.2 The Need for Rigorous Use of Reason |
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3.3 Rationality and Natural Theology |
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3.4 Faith, Free Will and Purpose |
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3.7 Incompleteness of Science, Precision and Faith |
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3.8 Misconceptions about God and Faith |
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3.9 Faith, Reason and Science |
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3.10 The Challenges of Our Time |
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3.11 Transcending Science and Materialism |
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General Conclusion |
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Appendix |
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Bibliography |
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