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Natur‐Wissenschaft und Gotteserkenntnis: Das jüdische Modell
Author(s) -
Niewöhner Friedrich
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
berichte zur wissenschaftsgeschichte
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1522-2365
pISSN - 0170-6233
DOI - 10.1002/bewi.19950180203
Subject(s) - philosophy , natural (archaeology) , judaism , theology , epistemology , art history , art , history , archaeology
The thesis proposed here is that in Judaism creation is seen as a unique act of God at a specific point in time. In medieval philosophy the act of creation is interpreted as natural science, which concerns itself only with products of divine creation. This is contrasted with theology, which is concerned not with creation but with God. Francis Bacon takes this model from Moses Maimonides for his work Nova Atlantis . Natural science replaces theological studies for Bacon.