tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post4414833637078538054..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: ScienceAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-17328349826760846922009-05-28T08:13:15.887-05:002009-05-28T08:13:15.887-05:00It's a fact of history that the assumption of the ...It's a fact of history that the assumption of the christian gounder of the royal society of science that the universe was governed by laws that could be accesed by human rationality and described by mathematical laws.<br />This was predicted by the judeo-christian theology that saw the cosmos as a work of art.<br /><br />Ernest Lucas describes this somewhere in a lecture, the first part can be watched here:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP6vA2pEcOs<br /><br />There should also be articles in bede's library on this.<br /><br />How convenient that theists have almost no problems with the "problem" of induction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-42206653734336498332009-05-28T00:50:13.778-05:002009-05-28T00:50:13.778-05:00Dr. Pruss, I agree completely. I would only add t...Dr. Pruss, I agree completely. I would only add that the uniformity with which we experience things (i.e. the laws of identity and non-contradiction, the transitive axiom, and various mathematical axioms, etc.) is indicative of a great deal of order in the universe. The Logos is at the heart of all science, and of all knowledge in general. Of course, I happen to believe that the Logos is a personal mind, which would lead one to theism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07034462951274070391noreply@blogger.com