Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 1

Science and Religion: A Dialogue: Search for an Epistemology: Three Views of Science and Religion

2003: David O. Tolman, “Search for an Epistemology: Three Views of Science and Religion David O. Tolman,” Dialogue 36.1 (Spring 2003): 89–108.

A claim is frequently made that science and religion are not incompatible. The contention is that science and religion can be made to co-exist by compartmentalization, that is, by carefully limiting the scope of each so that neither intrudeson the sphere of influence of the other. Such an approach is folly.