{"title":"DO WE NEED A THEOLOGY OF SCIENCE? / ¿NECESITAMOS UNA TEOLOGÍA DE LA CIENCIA?","authors":"Michał Oleksowicz","doi":"10.17398/2340-4256.15.755","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article we discuss the specificity and importance of the idea of theology of science proposed by the philosopher and theologian Michal Heller. The salient features of the definition of this discipline are summarily reconstructed, explaining the main themes that the theology of science would deal with and presenting some objections to this definition. It is emphasized that the theology of science, especially in the case of the contingency of the world and of its intelligibility, can consider the limits of the empirical method. Moreover, methodological aspects of the discipline are discussed in the context of different representations of the science-theology relationship, highlighting the scope and the limits of the theology of science. Above two approaches are analysed: the methodological model of separation (isolationism), and the anti-separationist model (interactionism). It is noted that the theology of science could be a particular type of inductive metaphysics, which works on scientific and theological extrapolations. Therefore, in the theology of science, the special task for philosophy would be making more clear the speculative space within which to carry out the mediation between science and theology. At the end some epistemological observations and proposals are made for the further development of the discipline. All this would imply the need for the elaboration of hypothetical theology that would help in the study of the new theological problems. Keywords : Theology of science, isolationism, interactionism, science-theology relationship. Resumen En este articulo discutimos la especificidad e importancia de la idea de la teologia de la ciencia propuesta por el filosofo y teologo Michal Heller. Se reconstruyen sumariamente los rasgos mas destacados de la definicion de esta disciplina, explicando los principales temas que trataria la teologia de la ciencia y presentando algunas objeciones a esta definicion. Se hace hincapie en que la teologia de la ciencia, especialmente en el caso de la contingencia del mundo y de su inteligibilidad, puede considerar los limites del metodo empirico. Ademas, los aspectos metodologicos de la disciplina se examinan en el contexto de diferentes representaciones de la relacion entre ciencia y tecnologia, poniendo de relieve el alcance y los limites de la teologia de la ciencia. Se analizan dos enfoques: el modelo metodologico de separacion (aislacionismo) y el modelo antiseparacionista (interaccionismo). Se senala que la teologia de la ciencia podria ser un tipo particular de metafisica inductiva, que trabaja sobre extrapolaciones cientificas y teologicas. Por lo tanto, en la teologia de la ciencia, la tarea especial de la filosofia seria hacer mas claro el espacio especulativo en el que llevar a cabo la mediacion entre la ciencia y la teologia. Al final se hacen algunas observaciones y propuestas epistemologicas para el desarrollo ulterior de la disciplina. Todo ello implicaria la necesidad de la elaboracion de una hipotetica teologia que ayudaria al estudio de los nuevos problemas teologicos. Palabras clave : Teologia de la ciencia, aislacionismo, interaccionismo, relacion ciencia-teologia. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5591-0579 Doi: https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-4256.15.755","PeriodicalId":41918,"journal":{"name":"Cauriensia-Revista Anual de Ciencias Eclesiasticas","volume":"15 1","pages":"755-770"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cauriensia-Revista Anual de Ciencias Eclesiasticas","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-4256.15.755","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract In this article we discuss the specificity and importance of the idea of theology of science proposed by the philosopher and theologian Michal Heller. The salient features of the definition of this discipline are summarily reconstructed, explaining the main themes that the theology of science would deal with and presenting some objections to this definition. It is emphasized that the theology of science, especially in the case of the contingency of the world and of its intelligibility, can consider the limits of the empirical method. Moreover, methodological aspects of the discipline are discussed in the context of different representations of the science-theology relationship, highlighting the scope and the limits of the theology of science. Above two approaches are analysed: the methodological model of separation (isolationism), and the anti-separationist model (interactionism). It is noted that the theology of science could be a particular type of inductive metaphysics, which works on scientific and theological extrapolations. Therefore, in the theology of science, the special task for philosophy would be making more clear the speculative space within which to carry out the mediation between science and theology. At the end some epistemological observations and proposals are made for the further development of the discipline. All this would imply the need for the elaboration of hypothetical theology that would help in the study of the new theological problems. Keywords : Theology of science, isolationism, interactionism, science-theology relationship. Resumen En este articulo discutimos la especificidad e importancia de la idea de la teologia de la ciencia propuesta por el filosofo y teologo Michal Heller. Se reconstruyen sumariamente los rasgos mas destacados de la definicion de esta disciplina, explicando los principales temas que trataria la teologia de la ciencia y presentando algunas objeciones a esta definicion. Se hace hincapie en que la teologia de la ciencia, especialmente en el caso de la contingencia del mundo y de su inteligibilidad, puede considerar los limites del metodo empirico. Ademas, los aspectos metodologicos de la disciplina se examinan en el contexto de diferentes representaciones de la relacion entre ciencia y tecnologia, poniendo de relieve el alcance y los limites de la teologia de la ciencia. Se analizan dos enfoques: el modelo metodologico de separacion (aislacionismo) y el modelo antiseparacionista (interaccionismo). Se senala que la teologia de la ciencia podria ser un tipo particular de metafisica inductiva, que trabaja sobre extrapolaciones cientificas y teologicas. Por lo tanto, en la teologia de la ciencia, la tarea especial de la filosofia seria hacer mas claro el espacio especulativo en el que llevar a cabo la mediacion entre la ciencia y la teologia. Al final se hacen algunas observaciones y propuestas epistemologicas para el desarrollo ulterior de la disciplina. Todo ello implicaria la necesidad de la elaboracion de una hipotetica teologia que ayudaria al estudio de los nuevos problemas teologicos. Palabras clave : Teologia de la ciencia, aislacionismo, interaccionismo, relacion ciencia-teologia. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5591-0579 Doi: https://doi.org/10.17398/2340-4256.15.755