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Atheism and Science

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In his introduction to this book, Mikael Stenmark writes:

A customized science is, roughly, a science built according to, altered to, or fitted to a particular group’s specifications—that is, the group’s needs, interests, or values, its political ideology, or worldview. It is a science governed not merely by epistemic goals, such as increased knowledge and explanatory power, but also by nonepistemic goals, such as economic growth, sustainable development, the equality of women, the end of religion, or the glory of God (p. 2).

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  • Modern Science
  • Intelligent Design
  • Christian Tradition
  • Moral Evil
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  1. Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Program, History and Philosophy of Science, Florida State University, USA

    Michael Ruse

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  1. Auguste Comte Professor of Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, UK

    Steve Fuller

  2. Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Uppsala University, Sweden

    Mikael Stenmark & Ulf Zackariasson & 

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Ruse, M. (2014). Atheism and Science. In: Fuller, S., Stenmark, M., Zackariasson, U. (eds) The Customization of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137379610_5

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