The Hefnerian Legacy: Rethinking the “Nature” of Naturalism

Abstract. Philip Hefner calls for religion-and-science to shift attention from pure ideas to embodied ideas. He urges scholars to get back to the Baconian idea that science is intended to enhance life; in Hefner's wording, we must give attention to “science-as-enabler-for-changing/improving-the...

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Main Author: Haag, James W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2010
In: Zygon
Year: 2010, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 273-280
Further subjects:B Nature
B Morality
B Emergence
B Naturalism
B Terrence Deacon
B Philip Hefner
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