Science and Experience of the Holy
Journal
Global Philosophy
ISSN
2948-152X
2948-1538
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date Issued
2025
Author(s)
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
The experience of the holy can be seen as part of the effort of human beings to construct a meaningful world. This perspective reveals that science and religion have both presented themselves in human history as strong values, characterized by different “types” of knowledge (with different degrees of certainty to which they aspire) and different goals. That they have often been able to integrate smoothly and at other times appear distant from each other is part of the historicity of human affairs. Today it is necessary for religious discourse to be able to express itself in a culture strongly permeated by the scientific mentality. As the paper tries to show, this capacity essentially depends on being able to clarify how scientific knowledge can be reconciled with the concept of a radical hope in a life beyond death, understood as an essential integration of meaning in human life. ©The author ©Springer.
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How to cite
Agazzi, E. Science and Experience of the Holy. glob. Philosophy 35, 24 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10516-025-09757-2
Table of contents
Abstract -- From the Birth of Modern Science to Contemporary Scientism -- Atheism and Science -- Is It Possible to Eliminate an Authentic Value? -- The Relationship of the Holy with Religion -- Knowledge, Belief, Truth and Certainty -- The Radical Hope -- Conclusion -- Data Availability -- References.