Religion and Science, Bertrand Russell
Religion and Science, Bertrand Russell
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Religion and Science

Author: Bertrand Russell

Narrator: David Case

Abridged: 2 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2001


Synopsis

"New truth is often uncomfortable," Bertrand Russell wrote, "but it is the most important achievement of our species." In Religion and Science (1961), his popular polemic against religious dogma, he covers the ground from demonology to quantum physics, yet concedes that science cannot touch the profound feelings of personal religious experience.

About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a philosopher, logician, essayist and social critic best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. His most influential contributions include his championing of logicism.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny on July 17, 2012

Bertrand Russell was an extremely intelligent, witty and entertaining writer, and I enjoyed most of this book in the way I would have enjoyed a very good comment thread on Goodreads; perhaps the book in question was the Bible, or The God Delusion, or one of Ann Coulter's more demented outpourings. R......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on April 22, 2008

Imagine two brothers born to compete, the elder dominating the younger. The elder brother is arrogant and manipulative, but also sincere and well-intentioned. When people ask him questions about the world, he answers quickly and often flippantly, as if he knows all. When he doesn’t know, he answers......more

Goodreads review by فايز غازي on December 16, 2023

"الدين والعلم وجهان للحياة الاجتماعية. وقد برزت أهمية الدين منذ نشأة تاريخ الفكر على الأرض في حين برزت أهمية العلم فجأة في القرن السادس عشر بعد فترة من الوجود المتقطع عند الاغريق والعرب ليشكل على نحو متزايد الأفكار والمؤسسات التي نعيش في ظلها." يقوم برنارد راسل في هذا الكتاب بتتبع بعض الصراعات ال......more

Goodreads review by Burak on January 19, 2023

Kitabın ilk bölümleri, dinsel dogmatizm ile bilimsel düşüncenin mücadelesini Kopernik, Galileo, Kepler gibi 'modern Batı biliminin ilk dehalarının fikirlerine karşı kilise ve engizisyonun yüzyıllar süren tahakkümü' meselesini tarihsel/hikayeci bir bakış açısıyla irdeliyor. Özgür irade, mistisizm, ah......more