Science Distinguished from the Magical
Science is the organised attempt of mankind to discover how things work as causal systems. The scientific attitude of mind is an interest in such questions. It can be contrasted with other attitudes, which have different interests; for instance the magical, which attempts to make things work not as material systems but as immaterial forces which can be controlled by spells; or the religious, which is interested in the world as revealing the nature of God.
Notes:
Causal systems versus immaterial.
Folksonomies: science religion
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Religion (0.961283): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Universe (0.749237): dbpedia | freebase
Supernatural (0.725226): dbpedia | freebase
Islam (0.675102): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Judaism (0.666753): website | dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Magic (0.624042): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
Philosophy (0.622007): dbpedia | freebase | opencyc
The Scientific Attitude