论基督教对近代科学的积极作用

发布时间：2018-04-26 07:04

本文选题：近代科学 + 基督教　；参考：《湖南师范大学》2007年硕士论文

【摘要】： 近代科学无一例外地诞生在基督教盛行的国家。基督教和近代科学的复杂关系一直以来都在学术界争论不休。而实际上,作为一个历史事件,近代科学几乎受到当时所有因素的影响。作为当时主流意识形态的基督教,对近代科学的作用也是相当复杂的。而认识清楚基督教与近代科学的起源问题更是我们如何认识社会因素对科学的影响更是具有重要的作用。在争论中,通行的观点有三种,即冲突论、无关论以及和谐论。但是这几种观点的争论并没有什么结果。最近流行的观点以《科学与宗教》的作者约翰·H·布鲁克为代表,形成了一种复杂论的观点。这种观点以历史事实为出发点,尽量不受前面几种观点的影响,对具体的历史事件进行详细的考证并做出尽量客观的评判。然而目前,在国内虽然有很多探讨宗教与科学关系的文章,但是超出各种先定条件而深入探讨基督教对近代科学积极作用的并不多见。本文则力图通过对基督教在各种促成近代科学起源的因素上的积极作用做一次尝试性的探讨,虽然基督教的主旨并非为了科学的诞生,其积极作用必有其限度。本文对近代科学起源的原因进行分析,认为无论在思想、组织还是在社会性的因素上,基督教对近代科学的兴起都做出了积极的贡献。而这种分析的基础是我们抛弃了在宗教与科学关系上的冲突论、无关论和和谐论的观点,转而采取了复杂论的态度。
[Abstract]:Modern science was born without exception in a country where Christianity prevailed. The complex relationship between Christianity and modern science has long been debated in academia. In fact, as a historical event, modern science was influenced by almost all the factors at that time. Christianity, as the mainstream ideology at that time, played a very complicated role in modern science. Understanding the origin of Christianity and modern science is more important for us to understand the influence of social factors on science. In the debate, there are three common views, namely, conflict theory, irrelevant theory and harmony theory. But the arguments over these points of view have been fruitless. Recent popular views, represented by John H. Brooke, author of Science and Religion, form a complex view. This view takes the historical facts as the starting point and tries not to be influenced by the previous viewpoints, and makes a detailed textual research on the specific historical events and makes the objective judgment as far as possible. However, although there are many articles on the relationship between religion and science in China, it is rare to probe deeply into the positive role of Christianity in modern science beyond various pre-conditions. This paper tries to make a tentative discussion on the positive role of Christianity in various factors that contribute to the origin of modern science, although the purport of Christianity is not for the birth of science, but its positive role must have its limits. This paper analyzes the causes of the origin of modern science and holds that Christianity has made a positive contribution to the rise of modern science in terms of ideology, organization and social factors. The basis of this analysis is that we have abandoned the views of conflict, irrelevance and harmony in the relationship between religion and science, and adopted the attitude of complexity.
【学位授予单位】：湖南师范大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2007
【分类号】：B979;N09

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