Religion and Science

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

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

"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

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