ABSTRACT

What is the role of scientists in society? What should we think when they talk about more than just science? Mary Midgley discusses the high spiritual ambitions which tend to gather around the notion of science.

chapter |16 pages

Salvation and the Academics

chapter |11 pages

Minimalism does not Work

chapter |8 pages

The Fascination of Chance

chapter |11 pages

The Function of Faith

chapter |9 pages

The Uninhabitable Vacuum

chapter |12 pages

Questions of Motivation

chapter |9 pages

The Hunger for Synthesis

chapter |12 pages

Space, Freedom and Romance

chapter |17 pages

The Anthropic Synthesis

chapter |7 pages

Quantum Quandaries

chapter |6 pages

Conserving the Spirit