- Science became romanticized as a universal problem-solver. People put faith and hope in it as the thing that would progress society.
- Romanticism is not model-based or formulaic but science is.
- Romanticizing -isms led to problems (nationalism)
- Science & industry led to war machines that destroyed people's optimism about science.
- People were disillusioned by scientific discoveries that shifted beliefs; religious-type beliefs should not be part of science.
- Darwin - origin of species, does not necessarily undermine intelligent design but sometimes people think it does.
- Einstein - relativity, does not necessarily apply to moral issues, it's a physical phenomenon
- Freud - irrational and passion-driven humans, does not necessarily give a universal or complete picture of humans
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Connecting to 19th and 20th century ideas
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I wonder if the war machines did harm people's opinions of science that much. It almost seems to me that it had the opposite effect, it was further evidence of the might of humanity and less reason for religion. However, I really do like your overall topic, and I think you can make a great case for it.
ReplyDeleteI thought you presented a top that is very hotly debated right now in a very interesting way. Religion vs. science is very big in the media this year, but most people seem to look at the two as mutually exclusive and I like that you pointed out that they are not. Science isn't a faith. While I do believe that your view of science can either help or harm your faith, I also agree that you can believe in both. While your slides weren't particularly engaging, the topic was interesting, historical examples relevant and overall the presentation was good.
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