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HPL 369

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Science and Religion

Humanities and Social Sciences (Program)Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Course Description

This course investigates the history of the opposition of science and religion, beginning with the emergence of philosophy as an alternative to mythology, through the scholastic dominance of the Aristotelian world-view, to the Scientific Revolution, the emergence and acceptance of evolution, and beyond. Special attention will be given to current attempts at reconciling and/ or harmonizing these traditionally antithetical disciplines.

Credits

3