Science & the search for meaning : perspectives from international scientists / edited by Jean Staune ; foreword by Phillip Clayton.

Contributor(s): Staune, JeanMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publication details: Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, c2006. Description: xvii, 249 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 1599471027 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781599471020 (pbk. : alk. paper)Uniform titles: Science et quěte de sens. English. Subject(s): Science -- Methodology | Science -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 501 LOC classification: Q175 | .S36213 2006Online resources: Table of contents only Notre Dame Online Access
Contents:
Revisiting the paths to meaning / Bernard D'Espagnat -- Glimpsing the mind of God / Paul Davies -- Mysteries of life: is there "something else"? / Christian de Duve -- Essence and continuity of life in the African society: its evolving nature / Thomas Odhiambo -- Einstein and Gandhi: the meaning of life / Ramanath Cowsik -- Dialogue of civilizations: making history through a new world vision / Ahmed Zewail -- The convergence of science and religion / Charles H. Townes -- Science and religion / Jean Kovalevsky -- Moral philosophy: a space for dialogue between science and theology / Thierry Magnin -- Modern cosmology and the quest for meaning: a dialogue on the road to knowledge / Bruno Guiderdoni -- Science and Buddhism / Trinh Xuan Thuan -- Ordinary faith, ordinary science / William D. Phillips -- The other outlook / Khalil Chamcham -- Science and transcendence: limits of language and common sense / Michael Heller.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Revisiting the paths to meaning / Bernard D'Espagnat -- Glimpsing the mind of God / Paul Davies -- Mysteries of life: is there "something else"? / Christian de Duve -- Essence and continuity of life in the African society: its evolving nature / Thomas Odhiambo -- Einstein and Gandhi: the meaning of life / Ramanath Cowsik -- Dialogue of civilizations: making history through a new world vision / Ahmed Zewail -- The convergence of science and religion / Charles H. Townes -- Science and religion / Jean Kovalevsky -- Moral philosophy: a space for dialogue between science and theology / Thierry Magnin -- Modern cosmology and the quest for meaning: a dialogue on the road to knowledge / Bruno Guiderdoni -- Science and Buddhism / Trinh Xuan Thuan -- Ordinary faith, ordinary science / William D. Phillips -- The other outlook / Khalil Chamcham -- Science and transcendence: limits of language and common sense / Michael Heller.

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