A Neopragmatist Perspective on Religion and Science

Abstract. Pragmatists, most notably John Dewey and Richard Rorty, propose overcoming the modern split between science and values with a new image of ourselves as language users. In this new self-understanding, both our scientific and evaluative vocabularies are integral parts of self-reliant human p...

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Main Author: Robbins, J. Wesley (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 1993
In: Zygon
Year: 1993, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 337-349
Further subjects:B Self-reliance
B Pragmatism
B religious humanism
B our language
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Summary:Abstract. Pragmatists, most notably John Dewey and Richard Rorty, propose overcoming the modern split between science and values with a new image of ourselves as language users. In this new self-understanding, both our scientific and evaluative vocabularies are integral parts of self-reliant human problem solving and coping with the larger natural environment. Our language is not the medium of any higher power from which it derives its legitimacy. On this view, the principal matter at issue between pragmatists and realists so far as interaction between religion and science is concerned is the moral one of human self-reliance.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1993.tb01038.x