Does an Inkling Belong in Science and Religion? Human Consciousness, Epistemology and the Imagination
How do we come to know things, and how are such epistemological questions treated in the field of science and religion? Recent critiques of science and religion methodology argue for an anti-essentialist approach to science and religion that acknowledges their different epistemic territories and pro...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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Zygon
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methodology of science and religion
B Epistemology B Imagination B Inklings B Owen Barfield B human consciousness |
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| Summary: | How do we come to know things, and how are such epistemological questions treated in the field of science and religion? Recent critiques of science and religion methodology argue for an anti-essentialist approach to science and religion that acknowledges their different epistemic territories and promotes interdisciplinarity. This article operates in such a vein, considering the contributions of Owen Barfield, member of the Inklings, an Oxford literary group, to the study of human consciousness, epistemology and metaphysics, and apologetics, all topics with particular relevance to science and religion. Barfield's understanding of the evolution of human consciousness as revealed by the history of language has scientific import, and may be developed by more intentional cross-disciplinary collaborations between psychological and cognitive scientists and humanities scholars. His approach to mythopoesis and the imagination resists scientific reductionism, and can inform epistemological dialogue between science and religion, as well as contemporary apologetics. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "Response: Science and Religion—the State of the Art (2022)"
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12764 |