Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West: Essays on Magic, Religion and Science.

Man ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 1017
Author(s):  
T. M. Luhrmann ◽  
Robin Horton
Keyword(s):  
Religion And Science ◽  
The West

From Decline of the West to Dawn of Day

Janus Head ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Hub Zwart ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Religion And Science ◽  
The West ◽  
Smart Technologies

This paper subjects Dan Brown’s most recent novel Origin to a philosophical reading. Origin is regarded as a literary window into contemporary technoscience, inviting us to explore its transformative momentum and disruptive impact, focusing on the cultural significance of artificial intelligence and computer science: on the way in which established world-views are challenged by the incessant wave of scientific discoveries made possible by super-computation. While initially focusing on the tension between science and religion, the novel’s attention gradually shifts to the increased dependence of human beings on smart technologies and artificial (or even “synthetic”) intelligence. Origin’s message, I will argue, reverberates with Oswald Spengler’s The Decline of the West, which aims to outline a morphology of world civilizations. Although the novel starts with a series of oppositions, most notably between religion and science, the eventual tendency is towards convergence, synthesis and sublation, exemplified by Sagrada Família as a monumental symptom of this transition. Three instances of convergence will be highlighted, namely the convergence between science and religion, between humanity and technology and between the natural sciences and the humanities.

scholarly journals Sains Modern dan Urgensi Sentralitas Nilai Transenden dalam Pengembangan Ilmu Pengetahuan

Farabi ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-126
Author(s):  
Afith Akhwanudin
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Revolution ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Religion And Science ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
The West ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
Scientific Epistemology

Originally the Western sciences and civilization rooted in Oriental traditions. Nevertheless, Western renaissance, the Scientific Revolution has indicated a contrary paradigm in the sciences of nature. A new and alien paradigm which is totally different in its perspective and Weltanschauung from the sciences of the great Oriental traditions. The West arose with the materialistic paradigm resulted in the secularization of the cosmos. It was regarded as the beginning of the Enlightenment dissolved Dark Age scientific stagnation. Modern people have been hollowed, isolated from others by individualism then self-separated from God by egocentrism. Western objectivity negated transcendental aspects; thus, non-observable means no exist. Metaphysics, Cosmology, Epistemology, Psychology, and Ethics are not elaborated anymore to convince the Real. Such a paradigm would put worldly benefits before humanity for the sake of growth and progress. These profane sciences result in radical separation of philosophy and theology, knowledge and faith, religion and science, as well as theology and all aspects of human life. Desecration of contemporary sciences is the product of modern worldview which negated transcendent values ​​in scientific activity. This desecration became the turning point of traditionalist thinkers’ criticism with a theistic worldview to restore spiritual values ​​in sciences. Thus, worldview could produce tawhid based scientific epistemology creates unity between religion and science, knowledge and values ​​as well as the material and metaphysical then makes the humanity before the science

scholarly journals Pengembangan Paradigma Integrasi Ilmu: Harmonisasi Islam dan Sains dalam Pendidikan

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Fahri Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Golden Age ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Religion And Science ◽  
The West ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Main Driver

Secularism that separates religion from mundane aspects, including science andknowledge, that appeared and applied in the West turned out to present themselves asa different face when applied in the Islamic world. In the West, secularism became areason for science breeding. Meanwhile, in the Islamic world, secularism actually triggerthe birth of science dichotomy that led to the neglect of science. In turn, the practiceof science dichotomy is precisely the cause of the deterioration of Islamic civilization.Muslim community has a different cultural history with the West. Historically, Islambecame the main driver of progress of science in the golden age. This is different withWestern history that marred by tensions between science and religion. Therefore, Islamiceducation should be developed in accordance with its integrative and nondichotomousculture. Therefore, religion and science in Islam is a unity. Epistemology of Islamiceducation is built by making sciences as part of its supporting pillars.

Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West. Essays on Magic, Religion and Science

1995 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Clarke K. Speed ◽  
Robin Horton
Keyword(s):  
Religion And Science ◽  
The West

The Postsecular – Jürgen Habermas, the Intellectual Dark Web, and Alexandr Dugin as (In)Voluntary Participants in a Global Dispositif

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 410-440
Author(s):  
Dimitry Okropiridze
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Collective Identities ◽  
Religion And Science ◽  
Jürgen Habermas ◽  
The West ◽  
Jurgen Habermas ◽  
Strong Emphasis ◽  
Religious Elements ◽  
Dark Web

Abstract While being decipherable as a normative positing within a Euro-American genealogy, the conflictual discourse on “religion” and “science” should be seen as a potent globalized dispositif with local variants, ultimately shaping the reality of, not only active discourse participants, but all individuals, collectives, and institutions in its gravitational field. In order to explore, examine, and attempt to explain both perspectives on the postsecular era – i.e., as an entity emerging from discursive articulations and a force acting upon discourse itself – three very different, yet conceptually related types of recent articulations and their discursive connection can be taken into account: first, Jürgen Habermas’ Eurocentric and Christocentric description of religion and science in the postsecular era; second, the so-called Intellectual Dark Web’s fusion of religious and scientific discourse elements via a Judeo-Christian narrative; third, Alexandr Dugin’s ethno-nationalist formulation of collective identities with a strong emphasis on religious elements and a fundamental opposition to the “West.”

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