Religion and Science
5. Religion and Science
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mathematician and philosopher, A.N. Whitehead
(1861-1947).
‘The stuff of the world is mind stuff (p. 134). So said
the English astronomer, Sir Arthur Eddington
(1882-1944), deriving this conclusion from his
studies in science.
The English mathematical physicist, Sir James Jeans
(1877-1946), interprets modern research thus: ‘The
universe is a universe of thought’ (p. 134).
The views of the most perceptive scientists can be
summed up in J.W.N. Sullivan’s words: ‘The
ultimate nature of the universe is mental’ (p. 145).
The thoughts of these scholars clearly negate any
material interpretation of the universe, their special
virtue being that they have been advanced in the
context of modern findings in the field of physics
and mathematics. That the proponents of such ideas
have had to make courageous, herculean efforts to
overcome the materialistic outlook is aptly
expressed by Morton White with reference to
Whitehead: ‘He is a heroic thinker who tries to
beard the lions of Intellectualism, Materialism and
