John Hedley Brooke, Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1991, pp. 2–5 In popular literature three positions are commonly found, which, though not equally unsatisfactory, turn out to be problematic. One often encounters the view that there is an underlying conflict between scientific and religious mentalities, the one dealing in testable facts, the other deserting reason for faith; the one relishing
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