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024 7 _a10.7312/poll11506
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035 _a(DE-B1597)9780231529051
035 _a(DE-B1597)459224
035 _a(OCoLC)944179976
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050 0 0 _aBM538.S3
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aPollack, Robert
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Faith of Biology and the Biology of Faith :
_bOrder, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical Science /
_cRobert Pollack.
250 _aWith a New Preface by the Author
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2000]
264 4 _c©2000
300 _a1 online resource (144 p.)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 0 _aColumbia Series in Science and Religion
505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface to the 2013 Paperback Edition --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction --
_tChapter One. Order Versus Meaning: Science and Religion --
_tChapter Two. The Meaning Is in the Order: DNA-Based Medicine --
_tChapter Three. Meaning Beyond Order: The Science of One Life at a Time --
_tPostscript --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aAre there parallels between the "moment of insight" in science and the emergence of the "unknowable" in religious faith? Where does scientific insight come from? Award-winning biologist Robert Pollack argues that an alliance between religious faith and science is not necessarily an argument in favor of irrationality: the two can inform each other's visions of the world.Pollack begins by reflecting on the large questions of meaning and purpose-and the difficulty of finding either in the orderly world described by the data of science. He considers the obligation to find meaning and purpose despite natural selection's claim to be a complete explanation of our presence as a species-a claim that calls upon neither natural intention, nor design, nor Designer. Next, the book focuses on matters of free will, from the choice of a scientist to accept evidence, to the choice of a religious person to accept a revelation, to a patient's loss of free will in medical treatment. Here Pollack addresses questions of ethics and offers a provocative comparison of two difficult texts whose contents remain incompletely understood: the DNA "text" of the human genome and the Hebrew record of Jewish written and oral law. In closing, Pollack considers the promise of genetic medicine in enabling us to glimpse our own future and offers a reconsideration of the possible utility of the so-called placebo effect in curing illness.Whether refuting a DNA-based biological model of Judaism or discussing the Darwinian concept of the species, Pollack, under the banner of free inquiry, presents a genuine, vital, and well-argued assay of the intersection of science and religion.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aFree will and determinism.
650 0 _aGenetics
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
650 0 _aJudaism and science.
650 0 _aMeaning (Philosophy)
_xReligious aspects.
650 0 _aNatural selection.
650 7 _aRELIGION / Religion & Science.
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700 1 _aPollack, Robert
_eautore
850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/poll11506
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231529051
856 4 2 _3Cover
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