Raymond YounisCorresponding author

These Ultimate Springs and Principles
Science, Religion and the Limits of Reason

Article
15/2 - Fall 2010, pages 317-334
Date of online publication: 18 août 2015
Date of publication: 30 décembre 2010

Abstract

The question of the limits of reason, not just within philosophy but also in the modern sciences, is arguably more important than ever given numerous recent commentaries on “life,” “reality,” meaning, purpose, pointlessness and so on, emanating not from philosophers or metaphysicians, but rather from physicists and biologists such as Steven Weinberg and Richard Dawkins. It will be argued that such commentaries concerning the “pointlessness” of the universe, or the purpose of “life,” and other such things, are flawed and unconvincing, not least because they seem to overlook or forget a number of well known and significant philosophical contributions on the question of limits, particularly by Kant, but also by Hume, Russell and Sir A J Ayer.

Cite this article

Younis, Raymond Aaron. “These Ultimate Springs and Principles: Science, Religion and the Limits of Reason.” Forum Philosophicum 15, no. 2 (2010): 317–34. doi:10.35765/forphil.2010.1502.22.