Reasoned Discourse vs Exact Science
Science Was Born of Christianity
Reasoned Discourse vs Exact Science
Jaki explained that while Newton’s laws of motion could explain quantitative data, numbers could not place meaning on that data. Therefore, reasoned discourse “stands at the beginning and at the end of quantities, embedding science within it. Exact science depends on reasoned discourse.” Stacy Trasancos, Science Was Born of Christianity: The Teaching of Fr. Stanley L. Jaki (Click link above for Stacey Trasancos’ book). Jaki took to task those who advocated Scientism by pointing out the difference between science & religion:
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.