“Oh, how beautiful life is and how terrible death is!” (Th. Dobzhansky and religion)

IF 1.4 2区 哲学 Q1 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI:10.1016/j.shpsa.2024.07.003
Mikhail B. Konashev
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In the article, mainly based on the reference to the entries in the diary of Th. Dobzhansky, a geneticist and one of the founders of the “synthetic theory of evolution”, examines how Dobzhansky tried to combine science, primarily evolutionary theory, and religion. It is argued that although Dobxzhansky was a believer during whole his life, he became a peculiar believer who revised for himself and for others the former, primarily religious answers to the “ultimate questions” of existence, and posed these questions in a new, evolutionary way. Even more, he tried to substantiate and justify religion and his belief in God through the evolutionary theory, to demonstrate that science and religion are not incompatible, and to offer his believe in the usefulness of science and religion to each other. This Dobzhansky's attempt was perceived and evaluated ambiguously by both scientists and religious figures. In addition, Dobzhansky owing to his search for these answers, made a number of world outlook and general cultural conclusions for himself and presented these conclusions in articles and books written not only for colleagues in the scientific community, but also for other people.

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"哦,生命是多么美好,死亡又是多么可怕!"(多布赞斯基与宗教)。
这篇文章主要以遗传学家、"合成进化论 "创始人之一多布占斯基(Th.多布赞斯基是遗传学家,也是 "合成进化论 "的创始人之一,文章主要根据他在日记中的记载,探讨了多布赞斯基如何试图将科学(主要是进化论)与宗教相结合。该书认为,尽管多布赞斯基一生都是一个信徒,但他成为了一个特殊的信徒,他为自己和他人修正了以前主要是宗教对生存 "终极问题 "的答案,并以一种新的、进化的方式提出了这些问题。不仅如此,他还试图通过进化论来证明宗教和他对上帝的信仰是正确的,证明科学与宗教并非水火不容,并提出他相信科学与宗教对彼此都有用。科学家和宗教人士对杜布赞斯基的这一尝试的看法和评价都是模棱两可的。此外,多布占斯基在寻找这些答案的过程中,为自己做出了许多世界观和一般文化的结论,并在文章和书籍中介绍了这些结论,这些文章和书籍不仅是写给科学界的同事看的,也是写给其他人看的。
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 管理科学-科学史与科学哲学
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期刊介绍: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science is devoted to the integrated study of the history, philosophy and sociology of the sciences. The editors encourage contributions both in the long-established areas of the history of the sciences and the philosophy of the sciences and in the topical areas of historiography of the sciences, the sciences in relation to gender, culture and society and the sciences in relation to arts. The Journal is international in scope and content and publishes papers from a wide range of countries and cultural traditions.
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