04888cam a2200697Ka 4500 ocn664573050 OCoLC 20200709055304.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 100920s2010 enka ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng pn N$T YDXCP OCLCQ E7B OCLCQ OCLCF NLGGC CDX EBLCP OCLCQ AGLDB ICA XFH 663974473 704516358 994553160 9780191591563 (electronic bk.) 0191591564 (electronic bk.) 9780199586202 (hbk.) 0199586209 (hbk.) 0198704992 9780198704997 336246 (N$T) (OCoLC)664573050 (OCoLC)663974473 (OCoLC)704516358 (OCoLC)994553160 BL240.3 .D38 2010eb REL 000000 bisacsh SCI eflch 215 22 MAIN Davies, E. B. (Edward Brian) Why beliefs matter : reflections on the nature of science / E. Brian Davies. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010. 1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. The scientific revolution. Early memories ; The scientific method ; The new astronomy ; The mechanical philosophy ; The impact of technology ; The laws of motion ; Universal gravitation ; Induction -- The human condition. The arrow of time ; Reductionism ; Determinism ; The mind-body problem ; The blank slate theory ; Plato, Popper, Penrose -- The nature of mathematics. an early influence ; Pluralism in mathematics ; Mathematical platonism ; What is mathematics? ; The infinite ; The mathematical brain ; The Mandelbrot set ; The mathematical consensus ; The argument from physics ; Mathematical truth ; Is our mathematics inevitable? ; The irrelevance of Platonism -- Sense and nonsense. Fundamental constants ; Panspermia ; The standard model ; A philosophical digression ; The multiverse ; In praise of observation ; Machine intelligence ; Simulated universes ; Discussion -- Science and religion. Varieties of belief ; The anthropic principle ; The existence of God ; God's nature and acts ; Life after death ; Keith Ward. Print version record. This title discusses deep problems about our place in the world with a minimum of jargon. It argues that 'absolutist' ideas dating back to Plato continue to mislead generations of mathematicians, physicists and theologians, and reveals the underlying reasons for the current conflicts between science and religion. This book discusses deep problems about our place in the world with a minimum of technical jargon. It argues that 'absolutist' ideas dating back to Plato continue to mislead generations of theoretical physicists and theologians. It explains that the multi-layered nature of our present descriptions of the world is unavoidable, not because of anything about the world but because of our own human natures. It tries to rescue mathematics from the singular and exceptional status that it has been assigned, as much by those who understand it as by those who do not. It provides direct quotations from many of the important contributors to its subject, and concludes with a penetrating criticism of many of the recent contributions to the often acrimonious debates about science and religions. English. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Religion and science. Mathematics Philosophy. RELIGION General. bisacsh Mathematics Philosophy. fast (OCoLC)fst01012213 Religion and science. fast (OCoLC)fst01093848 Science. eflch Religion. hilcc Philosophy & Religion. hilcc Religion - General. hilcc Electronic books. Electronic books. Print version: Davies, E.B. (Edward Brian). Why beliefs matter. Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010 9780199586202 (DLC) 2010928136 (OCoLC)559786906 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=336246 Northern Lakes College Access http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=336246 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection Coutts Information Services COUT 14817706 25.00 GBP EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL3053810 ebrary EBRY ebr10409034 EBSCOhost EBSC 336246 YBP Library Services YANK 3473809 92 N$T 49948 49948