Mitchell- notes

philosophical, religious and scientific symbols mitch

oswald O. Schrag pp. 113-126

similarities and differences constitiute a problem

lab and church - concord - harmony ?

connects philosophy with wonder - wonder - philosophy - being the object it studies

awe - experience of incompleteness is the motivation for religion - god is the object of religion

relation - is motivation for science - quest for understanding of the relation of things- space-time world is its object

the problems of knowledge is the relation between object and subject

both are modes of being but not the source of being

universal structures are modes of being so being cannot be understood fully through a singular mode

jasper's philosophy of the encompassing:

the object reveals itself to be recognized but can't be fully comprehended.

cypher and symbols - they always stand for the veiled nature of any object of experience

difference between cypher and symbol symbol likely to become objectified, cypher still is veiled

urge to structure conceptualise and objectify

scientists can't agree on what science is theologians can't … because they just can't get all the knowledge

in the search of knowledge both enter into a faith relationship

whitehead: "science is reason based on faith"

doubts anxieties … but trusts in the order and consistency (truth) in nature

both science and religion use symbols.

Philip Frank "the main activity of science consists in the invention of symbols, is the work of the creative imagination which acts on the basis of our experience

scientist makes the conclusion from the data

no such thing as gravity,

creations or symbols which don't exist without a creation