Q&A: Philosophy
David H. Bailey
Updated 26 March 2022 (c) 2022
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This section lists numerous questions in the area of theology, philosophy and related topics, and then presents answers based on best available scholarship. This material was assembled by the editor, except where otherwise indicated. Each page linked to below includes detailed references.
- What does the new atheist literature say about science and religion?
Atheists
- Is there a conspiracy among scientists?
Conspiracy
- Are there controversies among scientists?
Controversies
- Has Richard Dawkins, in The God Delusion, disproved religion?
Dawkins
- Is modern society in decline?
Decline
- Is science or religion to blame for the decline of modern society?
Decline-blame
- Does modern science negate human free agency?
Determinism
- Is Stephen Hawking correct that modern physics removes the need for religion?
Hawking
- Have science and religion have always been at war?
History
- Is methodological naturalism presumed in modern science?
Methodological naturalism
- Does modern science undermine morality?
Morality
- What are the standards for peer-reviewed scholarship?
Peer review
- Is modern science socially constructed and forever tentative?
Postmodern
- What is the idea of progress?
Progress
- Is scientific progress real?
Progress-science
- Do those with non-theistic worldviews reject pseudoscience such as astrology?
Pseudoscience
- Is there a royal road to science and religion?
Royal road
- What is scientific materialism?
Scientific materialism
- Is science based on secular humanism?
Secular humanism
- Is society becoming more violent?
Violence
- What is science?
What is science?