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From: david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Science as a limited tool
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Date: Mon, 7-May-84 13:38:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  7 13:38:51 1984
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Chris Minson sent me a note about Science vs. Theology/Philosophy, which
I'd like to present to spark some discussion on the subject (reprinted with
permission from Chris):

>About the "Why" questions.  Aren't questions like "why am I here?"
>fundamentally congruent to "why are there triangles?"   I just
>don't see how one can get a logical handle on such questions.
>That was my point; if you can't get a logical handle on it
>it isn't proper material for science.  Such questions can be left
>to theology, but in practice theology seems to use the same logical
>methods found in science (after we get past the faith-inspired
>premises).   Therefore, one wonders about the validity of 
>theological research into such questions and the answers produced
>therof.

I think we can safely lump philosophy in with theology.  First, I don't think
that science handles all questions within the realm of logic; the scientific
method demands repeatability, which, while logical, further limits the scope
of science as a tool.  But I'd like to throw the question out to anyone else.
I'd be especially interested in any works which discuss the scope of Science
as a tool, and its interaction with theology and/or philosophy.

	-- David Norris        :-)
	-- uw-beaver!ssc-vax!david