Abstract
The writings of Ian Barbour and Arthur Peacocke can be construed as initial contributions to a Lakatosian research program on the relation between theology and science, the core theory of which is the thesis that theology belongs at the top of a nonreducible hierarchy of sciences. The positive heuristic of this program involves showing that theology and the sciences have enough in common epistemologically to be so related and arguing for nonreducibility. The author in this essay “rationally reconstructs” some of her philosophical work as a contribution to these tasks.
Keywords
George Ellis, physicalism, Ian Barbour, Philip Clayton, reductionism, supervenience, Dennis Bielfeldt, Imre Lakotas, Arthur Peacocke
How to Cite
Murphy, N., (1999) “Theology and Science within a Lakatosian Program”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 34(4), 629–642. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/0591-2385.00241