Religion
In reply to the discussion: Is religion a science? [View all]LTX
(1,020 posts)and too cavalierly discounting Gould's point. Gould's last book, The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox, does a rather good job of exploring the symbiosis between science and religion during the early phases of the scientific revolution, and makes a persuasive case that the contemporary, continuing animosity between science and both philosophy and theology is not grounded in historical reality. It is a very good read, and makes his case much better (I think) than his previous books. It has its flaws (repetition of made points being one, a habit of Gould's that could get quite annoying). But it is also a perceptive analysis by a rarity in contemporary academia -- a scholar as well versed in classical studies as in the sciences.