Stanley Jaki’s Thought
Science Was Born of Christianity
“Exact Science” vs “More or Less” Philosophy – Jaki
Jaki (click link below for Jaki book, The Savior of Science) was a relentless student of the history of science, and he analyzed just about every culture in history that has attempted science. His unique contribution to the history of science is his detailed explanation as to why “modern science” developed in Western, Christian Europe as opposed to anywhere else. No matter the genius of their scientists, every other culture’s scientific development was “stillborn.” And Jaki discovered a religio-cultural explanation for that historical fact. (Click link below for Jaki book.)
Science & Creation 2-Exact Science
Science Was Born of Christianity
Galileo, 1st Modern Scientist . . . Really!
Father Stanley Jaki defined exact science this way: “Exact science is the quantitative study of the quantitative aspects of objects in motion.” Click link above to get Stacey Trasancos’ book, Science was Born of Christianity: The Teaching of Fr. Stanley Jaki. This definition clearly distinguishes modern science from speculative philosophy, theology, and reasoned discourse. It is also an important factor in distinguishing modern science from ancient science, something Jaki studied exhaustively.
Science & Creation 1
Science Was Born of Christianity
Science, properly defined, is “Exact Science;” the Bible is history.
Science does not conflict with the bible, but define science properly first. The bible is history. Science should be divided into “exact science” (Click link above for Stacey Trasancos’ book, Science was Born of Christianity: TheTeaching of Fr. Stanley L. Jaki) and “speculative science.” The latter is more like philosophy, and bible believers can discourse with philosophers about the world’s origin. However, when “speculative science” claims to be “exact science” (Click link above) &, therefore, absolute truth, when it’s not, that’s when conflict occurs.