When taking an interactive workshop about Iqbal studies, a lot of questions were raised that day when discussing about harmonies between science and religion. Like others, I thought that "How is it possible to just think the two words at the same time; Science and Religion?"
After some days, I was taking a lecture on Development Economics. During the discussion, our teacher said a sentence which was mere a sentence for others but more than that for me. He said "Science is originated from Philosophy."
Every thing has some limitations, Science also has. So we can say that those problems which are not being solved by Science can be solved by Philosophy. Plus there is also a possibility that it may describe the procedure of creating harmonies between Science and Religion!
And Iqbal was a philosopher.
Now at least I can think the two words at the same time! :)
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Bravo for the new blog and so succinct and compelling as well as before.
PLEASE keep posting...your topic is WAY up there to me! Let me know when you have a new one, ok?
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The choice of Scientific Method is a philosophical choice. Scientists CHOOSE to approach reality in a particular way. Their work, their conclusions, and their application of those into real life or universal-reality scenarios are CONSTRAINED by their choice. Science goes only a certain way in it's ABILITY to detect reality. Beyond that line (that comes very soon) it fails. Scientific interpretations are like the endeavours of a man locked inside a room. The outcomes of his efforts to understand his surroundings will be relevant only INSIDE that room. But cannot hold beyond it's boundaries. Please follow on to my blog @ structureofentropy.wordpress and select the category Science for more on this topic. JazakAllah.
i would say science is the baby of religion science is just discovering things that the religion has already told and taught
So according to you Religion gave birth to Science?
I just imagined, a newly born child starts to learn things at an island, far-off from the world. He observes fruits, vegetables, mud, sunlight, trees, his past experiences, behavior of the people etc
Then his parents start to make him teach what Islam is all about.
Thanks for your views :)
science was created when people started observing things around them and when they researched and tried to reason out he looked towards every possible answer and i guess they found the answers which were already given by the religion...but like a stubborn child science does not listen to the parents but through exploration and reasons tries to proves itself
Yes! Human himself gave birth to science. Science then becomes the baby of human...
i don't think so...for me it's like human stumbled on it... as in we humans came across it without having any such intentions