Religion and science : a philosophical essay / by John Theodore Merz.

  • John Theodore Merz
Date:
1915
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    Their source a chaos ..... 85 Science deals with the definite . . . .85 Primary and secondary qualities . . . .86 Abstract world of science verifiable . . .87 Its extension supposed an endless process . . 87 But subjective whole not grasped . . . .88 Discontinuity . . . . . .88 Principle of continuity ..... 89 Two meanings of continuity . . . .91 Absence of gaps and absence of breaks . . .91 With breaks, science cannot deal . . . .93 They are in the primordial stream of thought . . 95 Spatial discontinuities ... - . 97 Life and consciousness . . . . .97 Uniformity of nature . . . . .99 Inapplicable to the primordial reality . . . 102 Actual complexes not wholly analysable . . . 102 This true even of lifeless things . . . .103 Why scientific ideas are so impressive . . .105 Two distinct worlds, each containing and contained . 107 Which is the larger depends on the point of view . 108 Transition from either to the other . . .108 No separate idea of matter . . . .109 Nor yet of mind as substance . . . .110 Bond of union in personality . . . .110 Explanation and description . . . .110 Two different processes . . . . .112 Identical if complete . . . . .113 But completeness unattainable .... 113 Abstract thought and artistic creation . . .114 Framework of the world taken for interpretation of reality 116 To interpret is more than to explain . . .117 Interpretation brings in meaning and value . .120 PART III.—RELIGION . . . 121 192 Recapitulation . . . • • .121 Subjective interpretation of the Universe . .125 Rejected by strict science . . . . .125 Ideal or Spiritual aspect of things . . .126 Want of special language to express it . . 127