The Moral Dignity of Inductive Method and the Reconciliation of Science and Faith in Adam Sedgwick's "Discourse"

Autor/in	Bellon, Richard
Titel	The Moral Dignity of Inductive Method and the Reconciliation of Science and Faith in Adam Sedgwick's "Discourse"
Quelle	In: Science & Education, 21 (2012) 7, S.937-958 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0926-7220
DOI	10.1007/s11191-011-9346-3
Schlagwörter	Evolution; Geology; Males; Behavior; Universities; Foreign Countries; Logical Thinking; Scientific Methodology; Theories; Science Education; Cognitive Processes; Beliefs; Science Instruction; United Kingdom (Cambridge) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Historische Geologie; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; University; Universität; Ausland; Theory; Theorie; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Belief; Glaube; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	Science's inductive method required patient, humble and self-controlled behavior; Christian revelation demanded the same virtues. The discoveries of science and the truths of scripture would always harmonize as long as both men of science and men of faith conducted themselves in scrupulous accordance with their duty. So ran a central argument in "A Discourse on the studies of the university" (1833; 5th ed, 1850) by Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873), the longtime professor of geology at the University of Cambridge. This sanctification of the inductive method provided the foundation for a theistic science which (in theory) did not subordinate scientific theory to religious doctrine. This vision provided the foundation for Sedgwick's lifelong crusade against all forms of evolutionary theory. Evolution's impiety, he insisted, resulted from (and exacerbated) a failure to behave inductively. The fact that Sedgwick (in principle if not always in practice) elevated norms of behavior above systems of belief had an important and paradoxical consequence. Even though his personal hatred of evolution never cooled, his "Discourse" nonetheless provided a dominant model for younger theists to reconcile faith with Charles Darwin's evolutionary theory. (As Provided).
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