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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aDavies, E. B. _q(Edward Brian)
245	1	0	_aWhy beliefs matter : _breflections on the nature of science / _cE. Brian Davies.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c©2010.
300			_a1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
520			_aThis 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.
520			_bThis 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.
546			_aEnglish.
590			_aMaster record variable field(s) change: 072
650		0	_aReligion and science.
650		0	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy.
650		7	_aRELIGION _xGeneral. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aMathematics _xPhilosophy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01012213
650		7	_aReligion and science. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01093848
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650		7	_aReligion. _2hilcc
650		7	_aPhilosophy & Religion. _2hilcc
650		7	_aReligion - General. _2hilcc
655		4	_aElectronic books.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDavies, E.B. (Edward Brian). _tWhy beliefs matter. _dOxford : Oxford University Press, ©2010 _z9780199586202 _w(DLC) 2010928136 _w(OCoLC)559786906
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