David Ray Griffin claims that the commonly perceived conflict between religion and science, or between religious and scientific assertions is primarily that of worldview, or philosophical stance. Science is predominantly associated with the philosophy of materialistic naturalism, whereas religion is predominantly associated with supernaturalism. Griffin believes that the conflict between these worldviews can be overcome by a mutual modification based upon the tenets of process philosophy, thus allowing for one integrated worldview. In science this modification involves the adoption of a minimal as opposed to a maximal form of naturalism. In religion, this modification involves the adoption of naturalistic as opposed to supernaturalistic theism. Griffin argues that each respective domain would be more coherent and fruitful if these modifications were to be made. This study examines the details of this argument, and considers whether Griffin's process offering is religiously and scientifically compelling, or whether it is simply potentially philosophically satisfying.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.81480 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Blakeslee, Andrew |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Faculty of Religious Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002187458, proquestno: AAIMR06497, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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