The Realist Guide to Religion and Science by Paul Robinson
The Realist Guide to Religion and Science by Paul Robinson
Author(s): Jason MorganSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: Paul Robinson; religion; Christianity; science; philosophy; Aristotle; Aquinas; Stanley Jaki; realism; truth; ideology; modern academy;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is a review of the book: Paul Robinson, The Realist Guide to Religion and Science (Leominster, Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 2018). According to the author, Robinson’s book is a double-hearted adventure. On the one hand, Robinson patiently and methodically rebuilds the reader’s capacity for knowing and loving truth by returning to Aristotelian and Thomistic principles and insights, showing how realism is the approach needed for the human mind to look for, know, and delight in what is objectively true. On the other hand, The Realist Guide is a ruthless dismantling of the various false edifices and untenable ideologies that thicket the modern academy.
Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
- Issue Year: 8/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 187-194
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English