Einstein, Polanyi, and the Laws of Nature
What is the relationship between religious belief and the study of nature, between theology and science? This is the fundamental preoccupation of the three different studies brought together in Einstein, Polanyi, and the Laws of Nature. By exploring the highly original yet little known thought of Mi...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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West Conshohocken :
Templeton Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | What is the relationship between religious belief and the study of nature, between theology and science? This is the fundamental preoccupation of the three different studies brought together in Einstein, Polanyi, and the Laws of Nature. By exploring the highly original yet little known thought of Michael Polanyi, Jaeger highlights the inherent personal investment in any quest for knowledge, including the scientific enterprise, thus raising the question of the objectivity of human knowledge. Considered to be the greatest mind of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein saw scientific research as. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781599474076 (electronic bk.) 1599474077 (electronic bk.) 1283436914 9781283436915 |