The Realist Guide to Religion and Science by Paul Robinson
The Realist Guide to Religion and Science by Paul Robinson
Author(s): Brian WelterSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: Paul Robinson; religion; Catholicism; science; Thomism; realism; scientism; secularism; idealism; empiricism;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a review of the book: Paul Robinson, The Realist Guide to Religion and Science (Leominster, Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 2018). According to the author, what makes the book both accessible and sensible is Robinson’s illustration of Thomist philosophy’s coherence, starting from a basis in philosophy of being. Robinson presents the philosophy of being as being appropriate to cooperate with science. This helps readers comprehend modern science’s wrong turns and possible corrections. This also makes Robinson’s book a work of apologetics, as it addresses why the Catholic faith provides the most logical belief system, and why seemingly sophisticated attacks on the Church and its beliefs by seemingly rational philosophers and scientists are not only erroneous, but actually irrational.
Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
- Issue Year: 8/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 195-202
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English