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In the past, many difficulties have arisen that affected the relation between science and religion because science claimed to be completely devoid of metaphysics and to be ‘compelling’, that is, without any intrinsic alternative. However, recent studies of the history of science offer a new appraisal of the nature of science.
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See e.g. Alexandre Koyré, Du monde clos a l’univers infini, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1962; original publication: From the closed world to the infinite universe, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1957.
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Drago, A. (1990). A. Koyré and the metaphysics of modern science. In: Fennema, J., Paul, I. (eds) Science and Religion. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2021-7_20
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