Why Beliefs Matter: Reflections on the Nature of Science

by E. Brian Davies

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This book discusses deep problems about our place in the world with a minimum of technical jargon. It argues that 'absolutist' ideas dating back to Plato continue to mislead generations of theoretical physicists and theologians. It explains that the multi-layered nature of our present descriptions of the world is unavoidable, not because of anything about the world but because of our own human natures. It tries to rescue mathematics from the singular...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199586209

ISBN13:9780199586202

Release Date:July 2010

Publisher:OUP Oxford

Length:262 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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