{"product_id":"adventure-in-human-knowledges-and-beliefs-9780761864080","title":"Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat are scientific theories? Do they provide knowledge of reality? What does it mean to call ourselves atheist, theist, or agnostic? Do these words describe the complexity of belief? In Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs, readers are adjudicators who measure the acceptability of knowledges and beliefs. Andrew Ralls Woodward leads readers through an adventure which includes the philosophy of science, religious studies, and theology. Chapters are concise, but thorough, including introductions to the works of pertinent scholars. Woodward presents readers with philosophical and theological tools used to create a mental knowledge bar, a measuring bar for knowledge, as well as a science and religion compatibility system between knowledge and belief communities. The conflict of science and religion is approached in a neutral fashion from the outside making Adventure in Human Knowledges and Beliefs a valuable resource for teenagers, adults, and working professionals from diverse ages a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  Prologue This Book and Acknowledgments  Part I: Knowledge or Knowledges? Belief or Beliefs? I The Adventure II Knowledges III Beliefs IV Belief as Trust   Part II: Scientific and Religious People V Religious Language VI Some Unexpected Surprises VII Faces of Religion \/ Faces of Science VIII Knowledge and Belief Communities  Part III: Adjudicators IX Causes and Explanatory Forces X The “Knowledge Bar” XI Ancient Forms of Knowledge XII The Current Landscape  Epilogue What then is reality?  Glossary of Strange Sounding Words  Bibliography of Works Cited  Index of Names and Terms","brand":"Hamilton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037880320343,"sku":"9780761864080","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761864080.jpg?v=1750937988","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/adventure-in-human-knowledges-and-beliefs-9780761864080","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}