For hundreds of thousands of years — nearly all of human history — we had no definitive answers to some of the biggest existential questions we could formulate. How did humans come into existence on ...

THIS book is an able study of the various attempts which have been made since the beginning of the great scientific movement of the nineteenth century to comprehend science and religion in one system.

In 1644, the French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes formulated several “laws of nature,” which helped lay the groundwork for classical physics and the Scientific Revolution.

As the West becomes more and more secular, and the discoveries of evolutionary biology and cosmology shrink the boundaries of faith, the claims that science and religion are compatible grow louder. If ...

“Mr. D, how can you be religious if you are a physics teacher? Can’t you not be religious and scientific at the same time?” As a high school physics teacher, my students already know that I love ...

THE papers contained in the present volume were prepared for a conference held in New York during September 9–11, 1940, the subject of the conference being “Science, Philosophy and Religion in their ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American When the Black Death spread across Europe ...

Jerry Coyne does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This is the fourth in a new series of posts on Science and Philosophy, featuring interviews with influential scientists and philosophers of science. Previous interviews featured Bas van Fraassen, ...

Tom McLeish receives funding from EPSRC, AHRC (UK) and the Templeton World Charities Foundation. He is a trustee of the John Templeton Foundation, and Chair of the Education Committee of the Royal ...