Science and Spirituality（ISBN=） 英文原版

　　Michael Ruse provides a new analysis of the often troubled
relationship between science and religion. Arguing against both
extremes – in one corner, the New Atheists; in the other, the
Creationists and their offspring the Intelligent Designers – he
asserts that science is undoubtedly the highest and most fruitful
source of human inquiry. Yet, by its very nature and its deep
reliance on metaphor, science restricts itself and is unable to
answer basic, significant, and potent questions about the meaning
of the universe and humankind’s place within it: Why is there
something rather than nothing? What is the ultimate source and
foundation of morality? What is the nature of consciousness? What
is the meaning of it all? Ruse shows that one can legitimately be a
skeptic about all of these questions, and yet why it is open for a
Christian, or member of any faith, to offer answers.
　　· This is a major new analysis of the science-religion
relationship · The book is incredibly timely, given on the one hand
the great success and publicity of the so-called New Atheists
(prominently Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion) and on
the other hand the strong support (particularly in the USA) of
various fundamentalist movements, most recently so-called
Intelligent Design Theorists · Michael Ruse is a very well-known
figure who has been at the forefront of the science-religion debate
for over 30 years

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
One:  The World as an Organism 11
Two:  The World as a Machine 32
Three:Organisms as Machines 54
Four: Thinking Machines 85
Five: Unasked Questions, Unsolved Problems 117
Six:  Organicism 149
Seven:God 181
Eight:Morality, Souls, Eternity, Mystery 208
Conclusion 234
Bibliography 237
Index