TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harrison,Peter
TI  - The fall of man and the foundations of science
SN  - 9780511371110
AV  - BL245 .H35 2007eb
U1  - 231.55 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - History
KW  - Religion et sciences
KW  - Histoire
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Entwicklung
KW  - gnd
KW  - Erbsünde
KW  - Erkenntnistheorie
KW  - Naturwissenschaften
KW  - Religion
KW  - Schöpfungslehre
KW  - Sündenfall
KW  - Theologische Erkenntnistheorie
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-291) and index; Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Adam's Encyclopaedia -- Science in paradise -- Falling into ignorance -- Inheriting error -- Carnal knowledge and the divine light -- Baptising aristotle -- Chapter 2 Augustine revived -- Luther and the putrid philosopher -- Depravity and doubt -- Augustinus -- The sceptical hypothesis -- Chapter 3 Seeking certainty in a fallen world -- Vestiges of heavenly light -- Mathematical certainties -- Adam, moses, hermes, solomon -- Inspiration, experience, and experiment -- Chapter 4 Dethroning the idols -- Self-knowledge and the sciences -- The dominion of mind -- The fallen body -- Intellectual idolatry -- Chapter 5 The instauration of learning -- 'Knowledge shall be increased' -- Reversing babel -- Solomon's house -- The limits of reason -- Anthropology abandoned -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page
N2  - Peter Harrison provides an account of the religious foundations of scientific knowledge
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