- Paperback: 392 pages
- Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press; Revised edition edition (31 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0268023662
- ISBN-13: 978-0268023669
- Product Dimensions: 2.4 x 1.5 x 0.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,056,982 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book offers a radical reinterpretation of the general relations between religion, philosophy and science. It claims that scientific and philosophical theories cannot help but have religious presuppositions that control and regulate them. In making the case for this reinterpretation, Clouser also argues that there is a distinctly biblical perspective for theorizing that ought to be adopted by those who believe in God.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Clouser's book is a challenge to college students
24 Dec 1998
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Roy Clouser's Myth is indeed a clear exposition of the philosophical orientation of Herman Dooyeweerd. But potential readers will not only find an interesting connection with his Dutch calvinist background. The book is an original argument in its own terms. It is not simply a re-statement of an established position "applied" to a new (North American) context. Clouser is copncerned about common views of theory and theorising. He is also concerned with the theories which explain religious experience. To say that theoretical and scientific thinking implies religious world-views can get us into debate where all we end up with is dogma confronting dogma. Clouser painstakingly looks at the character of religious experience and theoretical thought. He shows by logical argument, and then by careful application in various scientific areas (mathematics, psychology, sociology among others) that theories are inherentlreligious. Those claiming to come clean with their religious presuppositions are not doing anything more than those who claim to be religiously neutral. Except they are facing up to the inner reality of their theorising as a religious activity. And this can make a whole world of difference to how scientific research and theoretical debate unfolds. Clouser makes a convincing case for reconsidering the entire scientific enterprise on these terms.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Best book available for an intro to Christian philosophy
16 Feb 1998
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Although philosophers who happen to be Christians have been around for quite some time, their work has been largely accommodated to secular thought. The 20th C. Dutch philosopher H. Dooyeweerd originated a system of thought that proves to be the most well-rounded paradigm ever based on biblical principles. Although most of Dooyeweerd's writings are either inaccessible to the amateur philosopher or stuck in Dutch*, Clouser does an exceptional job of presenting Dooyeweerd's philosophy in a clear and understandable manner.
*A translation project was begun in 1994--published by The Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, NY)--and will continue, Deo volente, until all of Dooyeweerd's writings have been translated into English.
*A translation project was begun in 1994--published by The Edwin Mellen Press (Lewiston, NY)--and will continue, Deo volente, until all of Dooyeweerd's writings have been translated into English.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
A brilliant exposition of assumptions behind all theories
9 Dec 1998
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Clouser's argument is that there are only three possible basic assumptions of what is "Ultimate"; and all theoretical thinking must ground itself in one or another of these metaphysical frameworks. If you start with his section on "case studies" of famous scientists and philosophers, he demonstrates his point so clearly that you'll be hooked into reading the whole book.
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