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Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science

Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science

Released Sunday, 14th March 2010
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Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science

Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science

Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science

Rationally Speaking #4 - The Great Atheist Debate Over the Limits of Science

Sunday, 14th March 2010
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"Accommodationist" is a word that began to appear in recent months during public debates over science and religion. The derogatory term has been applied to atheists and rationalists like Eugenie Scott, at the National Center for Science Education, and Chris Mooney, science writer at Discover Magazine, who maintain that science and faith are not necessarily incompatible. Although the debate is frequently framed as a practical one, about what the tactics of the secular movement should be, it is also a philosophical one, hinging on the question of the epistemic limits of science. In this episode, we examine the arguments being made by and against the so-called "accommodationists," and ask: Can science disprove religious and supernatural claims?

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