Science Faith

Many religious believers mischaracterize naturalists as people without faith, but that is absurd. Eve^ryone must believe in something—it's part of human nature. I I have no problem acknowledging that 1 have beliefs, though they differ from more traditional kinds of faith. Naturalists must believe, first of all, that the work is understandable and that it knowledge of the world can be obtained through observation, experimentation, and verification. Most scientists don't think much about this point. They simply assume that it is true and get to work. But this assumption has relevance to people other than philosophers. When intelligent design creationists, for example, speak of replacing methodological naturalism in science classes with theistic naturalism, they are threatening to remove this assumption from the shared presuppositions of public discourse.

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Scientists have faith that the world can be understood rationally.

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Anarchy Evolution

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Graffin , Greg and Olson , Steve (2011-10-18), Anarchy Evolution, Harper Perennial, Retrieved on 2013-01-08

Source Material [books.google.com]

Folksonomies: evolution science punk rebellion counter culture

Triples

08 APR 2013

Scientists Have Faith

Scientists have Faith > Similarity > Science Faith
That the world can be understood rationally.

Folksonomies: rationality empiricism faith

Schemas

18 MAY 2011

Living the Scientific Life

Habits, actions, and culture for living life like a scientist.

Folksonomies: enlightenment science humanism