Tag: Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler on the Holy Work of Astronomy
Kepler rejected the idea that the enormous scale of the cosmos suggested that mankind is less important than in the cozier Aristotelian-Ptolemaic model.
Michael Keas Debunks Science-Faith Warfare Myth
“Scientists do love a good story,” says Keas. “Turns out there are plenty of stories we shouldn’t believe.”
New Book: For This Scientist, Science Did Not Point to Atheism
Kepler was not alone. Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, and many others who established modern science were deeply religious thinkers.
Religious Intuition Can Lead to Scientific Discovery: The Cases of Copernicus and Ferguson
ID is not religion. But even if we were to concede falsely that it is, such a characterization is irrelevant to the question of whether it is true.
Michael Keas: Faith, Science, and the Phases of Venus
Dr. Keas explains, among things, the role that Venus with its phases, like those of our Moon, played in advancing astronomy into the modern age.