| ISBN13: | 9781936597680 |
| ISBN10: | 1936597683 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 136 pages |
| Size: | 216x140x11 mm |
| Weight: | 186 g |
| Language: | English |
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Philosophy of Science in the Light of the Perennial Wisdom
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Backed by its technological achievements, modern science appears as the de facto source of truth to the majority of our contemporaries. Its sole reliance on reason and empirical data gives it an air of objectivity that has conferred upon it an almost unquestioning authority. Against the backdrop of this pervasive scientism, Philosophy of Science in the Light of the Perennial Wisdom is a daring attempt to offer an intellectual critique of modern science in its foundation by rigorously examining the intrinsic limitations of rational thought and empirical investigation. Unique of its kind, this book offers a refreshing look at the traditional doctrines of epistemology and metaphysics as an antidote to the subjective as well as objective errors of modern science, which is thus revealed as no more than a belief system that falls radically short of offering a full knowledge of reality; this, in contrast to the perennial wisdom of the world's great religions that for millennia have offered humankind not only keys to true knowledge, but also the means of attaining it, which precisely constitutes man's reason for being.
?Here is a refreshingly direct and crisp critique of the limitations of modern science and the pretensions of scientism. This precious book may serve as a genuine guide for the perplexed in clearing the ground for a rediscovery of sacred science and perennial wisdom.?
Authors' Note vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. Foundational Questions 7
What is Science? 7
Modern Views of Science 9
The Limitations of Reason 13
How Can We Know that a Doctrine is True? 18
The Subject and Object of Science 22
2. Man's Faculties of Knowledge 25
Platonic Anamnesis 26
Has Platonic Anamnesis Withstood Attempts to 29
Prove it False?
3. The Degrees and Modes of Reality 35
The Degrees of Reality 35
Symbolism: The Language of Metaphysics 44
The Modes of Reality 47
Consequences of the Lack of a Metaphysical 49
Perspective
4. The Doctrine of Causes 57
The Instrumental Cause 59
The Paradigmatic Cause 61
The Importance of the Paradigmatic Cause 64
5. Science in the Mirror of the Religions 69
Examples of Science in Sacred Scripture 71
Science and the Idea of Progress 76
Do the Religions Deem All Science Good? 78
Epistemological Doctrines of the Religions 84
Traditional References to the Multiple States of Being 96
6. The Incompatibility of Modern Science 103
with Religion
Concluding Remarks 111
Modern Science and the Perennial Wisdom 111
The Nature of Plenary Science 115
Index 119
Biographical Notes 125
