RELIGION VERSUS SCIENCE: THE CONFLICT IN REFERENCE TO TRUTH VALUE, NOT CASH VALUE

Ervin Laszlo; Ervin Laszlo

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00643.x

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RELIGION VERSUS SCIENCE: THE CONFLICT IN REFERENCE TO TRUTH VALUE, NOT CASH VALUE

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Abstract. The rift between science and religion needs to be assessed not merely on pragmatic grounds, on the basis of the effect of scientific versus religious beliefs on people's behavior, as John Caiazza's essay does, but also and above all in regard to the cogency of the respective beliefs in reference to what we can reasonably assume is the true face of reality. About such truth value, the conflict is not irremediable; there are elements of belief regarding the nature of reality that are strikingly similar regardless of whether one arrived at them on the basis of faith in revealed knowledge or on the basis of knowledge acquired by reasoning from or in reference to experience. Two such items are selected here by way of example: belief that in certain states of mind and consciousness individuals can experience union with something larger or deeper than themselves, and belief that the universe we inhabit is the result of an original creative act.

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revealed versus acquired knowledge, states of consciousness, cash value versus truth value

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Laszlo, E., (2005) “RELIGION VERSUS SCIENCE: THE CONFLICT IN REFERENCE TO TRUTH VALUE, NOT CASH VALUE”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 40(1), 57–61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00643.x

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Volume 40 • Issue 1 • March 2005

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Pages	57–61

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Published	2005-03-01

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