Religion and Science
7. The ‘Religion’ of the Modern Age
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least effort and of maximum pleasure are app-
lied. The concepts of capillarity and of
osmotic tension do not throw any light on
problems pertaining to consciousness. It is
nothing but word play to explain a
psychological phenomenon in terms of cell
physiology, or of quantum mechanics (p. 43).
In spite of adopting this stance, he goes on to say
that human sciences are discoverable to us, just as
material sciences are. This is just repetition in
different words of the concept of the mechanistic
psychologists of the nineteenth century, because the
only valid information that can be acquired on man
is of a purely descriptive nature relating to his
material aspects. It follows that those who want to
understand man by treating him in isolation from
religion, will be no different in their final judgement
from the 19th century materialists.
2. The writer makes the point that unconnected
individuals specializing in their respective fields
cannot discover a truly human science. It is rather a
single individual with a sound knowledge of all basic
sciences who would be successful in this domain.
