Science, Worldviews and Education
Science, Worldviews and Education is an important and timely theme as many national and provincial education authorities are requiring that students learn about the Nature of Science (NOS), and that they learn about the broader historical and cultural con
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M.R. Matthews Editor
Science, Worldviews and Education
Previously published in the journal Science & Education
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Editor Prof. Dr. Michael R. Matthews University of New South Wales Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Sydney NSW 2052 Morven Brown Building G1 Australia Email: [email protected]
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009930095
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2779-5 ISBN: 978-90-481-2778-8
e-ISBN: 978-90-481-2779-5
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Contents
Preface Introduction M.R. Matthews
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Science, Worldviews, and Education H.G. Gauch Jr. 27 Teaching the Philosophical and Worldview Components of Science M.R. Matthews 49 Worldviews and Their Relation to Science Gürol Irzik · Robert Nola 81 Contemporary Science and Worldview-Making A. Cordero 99 The Electromagnetic Conception of Nature at the Root of the Special and General Relativity Theories and its Revolutionary Meaning E.R.A. Giannetto 117 Imagining the World: The Significance of Religious Worldviews for Science Education M.J. Reiss 135 Whose Science and Whose Religion? Reflections on the Relations between Scientific and Religious Worldviews S. Glennan 149 Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews? Y.I. Fishman 165 The Interplay of Scientific Activity, Worldviews and Value Outlooks H. Lacey 191 Fall and Rise of Aristotelian Metaphysics in the Philosophy of Science J. Lamont 213 Modern Science and Conservative Islam: An Uneasy Relationship T. Edis 237 Science and Worldviews in the Marxist Tradition C.D. Skordoulis 257 Science and Worldviews in the Classroom: Joseph Priestley and Photosynthesis M.R. Matthews 271 Responses and Clarifications Regarding Science and Worldviews H.G. Gauch Jr. 303 Author Index 327 Subject Index 335 Contributors
Sci & Educ (2009)
Preface
This book has its origins in a special issue of the journal Science & Education (Volume 18 Numbers 6–7, 2009). The essay by Costas Skordoulis – ‘Science and Worldviews in the Marxist Tradition’ – did not appear in that special issue due to a mistake in production scheduling. It was published in an earlier issue of the journal (Volume 17 Number 6, 2008), but has been included in this book version of the special issue. As explained in the Introduction, the catalyst for the journal special issue was the essay on ‘Science, Worldviews and Education’ submitted to the journal by Hugh G. Gauch Jr. This was circulated to the other contributors who were asked to write their own contribution in the light of the arguments and literature contained in the paper. Hugh made brief ‘Responses and Clarifications’ after the papers were written.
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