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The object of this inquiry is threefold. Firstly, it reviews the historical process through which science has become depersonalised and secularised. Secondly, it investigates the normative consequences of this. Thirdly, it proposes a way to integrate thought as part of our person and as part of our experience of God and the universe.
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Based on the author's Incoming President's Address, 38th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences, Asilomar, California, 1994.
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de Raadt, J.D.R. Faith and the normative foundation of systems science. Systems Practice 10, 13–35 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02557849
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