A Mind's Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (933 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802839606 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Book by Jaki, Stanley L.
A Mind at Work Steve Jackson Stanley L. Jaki is one of the most important writers on the relationship between religion and science. Prof. Jaki has written over 40 books. His work concerns the philosophy of science, the relationship between science and theology, theology proper, the history of astronomy and physics, and some other issues as well. Perhaps because of his writing style - which is at times polemical and at other times obscure - he doesn't receive the attention he deserves.By way of background, although Fr. Jaki is a conservative Catholic theologian and has, for example, written books defending the papacy, he is no "fundamentalist." While he. THE "INTELLECTUAL" SIDE OF THE FAMED PHILOSOPHER OF SCIENCE Steven H Propp Stanley L. Jaki (1924-2009) was a Benedictine priest and Professor of Physics at Seton Hall University, New Jersey since 1975. He was a leading thinker in the philosophy of science, who wrote many books such as The Road of Science and the Ways to God (The Gifford Lectures), Miracles and Physics, etc. He wrote in the Introduction to this 2002 book, "I did not intend to satisfy mere curiosity, let alone to cater to the psychohistorians The book is mainly for those who, because they have found the message of my books instructive, would like to see its development through the eyes of their author." (Pg. vii)He states, "I simply. Amazon Customer said It's like getting into Fr Jaki's head. A personal memoir. In my view Fr. Jaki was the premier philosopher of science of the "It's like getting into Fr Jaki's head. A personal memoir" according to Amazon Customer. In my view Fr. Jaki was the premier philosopher of science of the 20th century. His studies broke new ground in determining the essential requirements for the growth of science. This autobiography summarizes much of it. He was a voluminous writer and much is yet to be reviewed in the work he did.. 0th century. His studies broke new ground in determining the essential requirements for the growth of science. This autobiography summarizes much of it. He was a voluminous writer and much is yet to be reviewed in the work he did.
Perhaps it is arguing such unfashionable positions that has made this Hungarian-born Benedictine so combative, so willing to challenge intellectual orthodoxy, or perhaps it was a native truculence that attracted him to such retrograde positions. Against the prevailing view that science has discredited and supplanted Christianity, Jaki has dared to argue that only Christian metaphysics could ever have given birth to modern science. And though his bellicosity will irritate, Jaki has not garnered academic laurels by relying on mere polemics: his scholarship, though often eccentric, is deep and thorough. Whatever the reason, Jaki never shrinks from a fight, never strikes his colors, and never gives--or asks for--quarter. Yet even skeptics may learn something about modern culture from this