Scientific and Religious Universes of Discourse
Abstract. The author argues, by analyzing the logic implicit in scientific and religious statements, that these two kinds of statements belong to different universes of discourse. Religious statements are not admissible into scientific discourse and scientific statements are not admissible into reli...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
1982
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Zygon
Year: 1982, Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Pages: 327-342 |
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| Summary: | Abstract. The author argues, by analyzing the logic implicit in scientific and religious statements, that these two kinds of statements belong to different universes of discourse. Religious statements are not admissible into scientific discourse and scientific statements are not admissible into religious discourse. This separation of discourse into universes of discourse is based on validity conventions which legislate different kinds of truth criteria for statements in different universes. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1982.tb00489.x |