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Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism

Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions: A Critique of Contemporary Scientism

Smith, Wolfgang
Borella, Jean

Hardcover

PhilosophyReligion General History & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1621380238
ISBN13: 9781621380238
Publisher: Angelico Press
Published: Mar 25 2013
Pages: 262
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For many years, Wolfgang Smith has been putting forward an expansive vision of the traditional Christian cosmos alongside an incisive critique of the truncated perspective of contemporary scientism. In Ancient Wisdom and Modern Misconceptions he shows how the physical sciences, freed from prevailing misconceptions, actually corroborate the traditional wisdom long thought to be dead. Basing himself in part upon epistemological considerations first enunciated by Sir Arthur Eddington, he shows that the so-called physical universe proves finally to be constructed by the strategies of the experimental physicist himself. Following this he delves into the foundations of astrophysics and planetary astronomy, and then proceeds to elucidate the concepts of Intelligent Design and vertical causation. He concludes by showing how Anthropic Coincidence should be rightly considered.

With equal mastery Smith presents the serious reader with glimpses of the perennial wisdom eclipsed since the Enlightenment, and shows that traditional cosmology, so far from being disqualified, actually provides the keys to an understanding of science itself. No one entering the fray of current debates regarding science and religion can afford to neglect the immense implications of this work by Wolfgang Smith.

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