Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson
John Charlton Hardwick
Read by Laurie Anne Walden
This history of Western philosophy, published in 1920, explores how people have explained the natural world during the last few centuries, whether by spiritual interpretation or through advances in science. From the Preface: "The chapters which follow are not intended as even a slight sketch of the history of Thought since the Renaissance. Their object is more modest, i.e. to illustrate the thesis that mankind, being 'incurably religious,' insists (however hopeless the enterprise may sometimes seem) upon interpreting the universe spiritually." (Summary by LA Walden and the Preface) (4 hr 19 min)
Chapters
Introductory | 13:43 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
The Dissolution of the Old Synthesis | 17:06 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Growth of the Mechanical Theory | 17:06 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Seventeenth-Century Reactions | 25:01 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Rise of an Anti-Religious Science | 17:53 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Rise of German Idealism | 17:23 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
The Romantic Movement | 21:14 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Mechanism and Life | 17:04 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Materialism and Agnosticism | 26:30 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Reactions in Philosophy | 22:13 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Some Recent Tendencies in Philosophy | 26:50 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Some Recent Tendencies in Science | 20:44 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Some Final Considerations | 16:53 | Read by Laurie Anne Walden |
Reviews
They knew something back in that time
Timothy
last century culture knew a lot of history, though it's easy to dismiss them as old fashioned.
off the Wall
Tr51k
interesting relevant information about popular history of science and religion.
amazingly insightful I absolutely love this thank you so much
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