Ilmu dan Agama dalam Perspektif Filsafat Ilmu

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Science and religion, in their early development, came from the same resources and had the same purpose—human survival in the universe. However, gradually, science separate from religion after it found some method that made it established as the discipline. Now, science is really different from religion in many aspects, among other things: rationality, method, purpose, and the way in which they see realities. God was excluded from the science. Religious argument does not sufficient for science. Although they different, it does not mean that they have no a meeting point in human civilization. Science, to a certain extent, is able to make religious understanding more rational and openminded. So also religion, to a certain extent, is able to make science more near to its purpose, as it determined before—to make human being survive and happy in the universe. Therefore, science and religion are complementary to one another.

Keywords

• science, religion, philosophy of science.