The Theological Origins of Western Philosophy & Science

dc.contributor.author	Ackah, K.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-12-09T12:12:37Z
dc.date.available	2013-12-09T12:12:37Z
dc.date.issued	2013-12-09
dc.description.abstract	In the 19th century Auguste Comte formulated a doctrine which, under the title of Positive Philosophy, explicitly declared that only the so-called positive sciences—the study of natural, social, and mental phenomena by empirical methods—deserve to be called sciences. In contrast, religion is mere superstition (believing irrationally), and philosophy is mere speculation (represents a futile attempt by reason to go beyond the phenomena in order to discover ultimate causes). Since then there has been a firm distinction between theology, philosophy and science, giving the impression that science and philosophy evolved independently of theology and that, somehow, science is essentially incompatible with theology. Against the position of many scholars in Ancient Philosophy, I argue that Western science and philosophy indeed evolved from theological reasoning.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/4569
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.title	The Theological Origins of Western Philosophy & Science	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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