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A Skeptical Biologist
Stern, Bernhard J. | September 10, 1930 issue

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The article presents information on the book "The Skeptical Biologist," by Joseph Needham. Needham stresses limitations of both the scientific and religious interpretations of life, but he wants his readers to tolerantly grant equal tenability to both. According to Needham, the two approaches must be judged not merely in terms of their metaphysical validity but also by their achievements. Although Needham looks for unbounded benefits in the application of mathematics to all aspects of nature and is philosophically critical of contemporary religious institutions, he never contrasts the social efficacy of science and religion and contends that to reject religious experience is "a futile bit of self-limitation."

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SCEPTICAL Biologist, The (Book); NEEDHAM, Joseph, 1900-1995; EXPERIENCE; RELIGION; SCIENCE; LIFE; MATHEMATICS; RELIGIOUS institutions
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