The philosophy of Robert Boyle and contemporary Christian theistic naturalism Cover Image

Filozoficzna myśl Roberta Boyle’a a stanowisko chrześcijańskiego teizmu naturalistycznego
The philosophy of Robert Boyle and contemporary Christian theistic naturalism

Author(s): Radosław Kazibut
Subject(s): Philosophy, Religion and science , Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Ontology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Boyle Robert; Science-and-Religion; naturalism; theistic naturalism; nature and art

Summary/Abstract: Robert Boyle is the author of the original concept of mediation between the spheres of religious belief and scientific thought. This article presents Robert Boyle’s selected topics of philosophy that illustrate his points of view on the issue of the relationship between scientific knowledge and faith. In the literature, the views Boyle qualifies as an example of a conception of two books: the Book of Nature and The Scripture, or the conception "God-of-the-gaps." In this paper I dispute this view and demonstrate that Boyle’s conception the relationship between science and faith is similar but not identical to the contemporary theistic naturalism.

  • Issue Year: 51/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 97-121
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish