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• Title:
  Oracles, Prophets and the Exoteric Circles of Science and Religion
• Creator:
  Navarro, Jaume
• Description:
  Drawing upon Karl Giberson and Mariano Artigas’ joint book The Oracles of Science, I discuss the limits of an emphasis on so-called philosophical bridges in the relationship between science and religion. Epistemological and metaphysical analyses of the claims by scientists and religious people are indeed necessary to avoid illegitimate extrapolations; but a clear separation between scientific and religious statements is problematic. Following Ludwig Fleck’s characterisation of the esoteric and the exoteric circles of science, I argue that popularization of science is always embedded in scientific cultures and ideological agendas and that one cannot expect a clear demarcation criterion between pure science and pure popularization. I also consider Lyda Walsh’s rhetorical analysis of the scientists as prophets to understand the oracles’ public portrayal of science in pseudo-religious terms.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2016 Scientia et Fides
• Date:
  2016.12.19
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Scientia et Fides; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2016): 10th anniversary of Mariano Artigas' death; 285-301;
  Scientia et Fides; Tom 4 Nr 2 (2016): 10. rocznica śmierci Mariano Artigasa; 285-301;
  2353-5636;
  2300-7648
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/SetF/article/view/SetF.2016.030/10558
• Subject:
  Popularization of science;
  Mariano Artigas;
  Ludwig Fleck;
  science and religion;
  demarcation criteria;
  conflict thesis
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/SetF/article/view/SetF.2016.030
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
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  seek permission
• Type:
  text