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1.07: Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

Posted by Terry | May 21, 2023 | Science |

Science has proved to be a highly successful way of finding out how things work, and scientific theory is central to the practice of science. When Charles Darwin first published the theory of ‘natural selection’ in 1859, there were many gaps in the evidence to support it. In more than 160 years since then evidence from genetics, medical science and ecology have all substantiated the theory, so that an eminent biologist could claim that “nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”

1.06: The Enlightenment

Posted by Terry | Apr 21, 2023 | Life together |

Resources relating to Module 6, “The Enlightenment” of the u3a course “Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality.

1.05: The Roots of Modern Science

Posted by Terry | Mar 12, 2023 | Science |

The roots of modern science reach backwards in time to before the great age of Greek and Hellenistic learning, and spread across Europe, Islamic empires, India and China. This article will review how the ideas of the Medieval and Renaissance periods nourished those roots.

This page contains links to resources used for Module 5 of the Shepway u3a course in Science, Philosophy and Spirituality

1.04: The Rise and Fall of Christendom

Posted by Terry | Feb 17, 2023 | General |

Under the aegis of the Roman Empire, early Christianity morphed into Christendom and incorporated ideas from Greek philosophy. These composite ideas spawned the ‘natural philosophy’ that later became modern science. The Black Death, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment nurtured science and simultaneously planted the seeds of Christendom’s destruction.

In Europe, and consequently in America after its colonization by Europeans, Christendom helped shape the culture from which the world as we know it today emerged.

1.03: The Geography of Thought

Posted by Terry | Jan 19, 2023 |

Modern Science arose within a context dominated by Western Philosophy with its roots in ancient Greece, as we will see in later units of this course. Eastern Philosophy, with its roots in ancient Chinese thought, makes very different assumptions about the nature of reality. The resources on this web page supported the discussions at this module of the course

Perspective: Science, Philosophy, and Spirituality

1.07: Darwin and the Theory of Evolution

1.06: The Enlightenment

1.05: The Roots of Modern Science

1.04: The Rise and Fall of Christendom

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