The Freedom of Science by Joseph Donat

About this eBook

Author

Donat, Josef, 1868-1946

Title

The Freedom of Science

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Modernism (Christian theology) -- Catholic Church

Category

Text

eBook-No.

40342

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40342

Release Date

July 26, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Contents — Imprimatur. — Author's Preface To The English Edition. — Translator's Note. — First Section. The Freedom of Science and its Philosophical Basis.
2. 2.Chapter I. Science And Freedom. — Science. — Freedom.
3. 3.Chapter II. Two Views Of The World And Their Freedom. — The Christian View of the World and its Freedom. — The Modern Idea of Freedom. — The Humanitarian View of the World. — The Autonomous Man. — The Period of Man's Emancipation.
4. 4.Chapter III. Subjectivism And Its Freedom. — Objectivism and Subjectivism. — The Autonomy of Reason. — The Modern Separation of Knowledge and Faith. — Relative Truth. — Second Section. Freedom of Research and Faith.
5. 5.Chapter I. Research And Faith In General. — Introduction. — What Faith is Not. — What Faith Is. — Faith and Reason.
6. 6.Chapter II. The Authority Of Faith And The Free Exercise Of Research. — Preliminary Remarks. — 1. Authority of Faith and Private Authority. — 2. Science Retains its Method of Research. — 3. Restraint Only in the Province of Revelation. — 4. Infallible and Non-Infallible Teachings. — Obedience of Faith and Freedom of Action. — Obedience of Faith and Injury to Science. — Erravimus.
7. 7.Chapter III. Unprepossession Of Research. — What It Is. — Unprepossession and Religious Conviction. — The Duty to Believe and Scientific Demonstration. — What Unprepossession is Not. — An Erroneous Supposition.
8. 8.Chapter IV. Accusations And Objections. — The Enemy of Progress. — The Testimony of History. — A False Progress. — The Syllabus. — The Condemnation of Modernism. — The Index. — Galileo, and Other Topics. — Comments on the Galileo Case. — Copernicus on the Index till 1835.
9. 9.Chapter V. The Witnesses of the Incompatibility Of Science And Faith. — The Objection. — The Old Masters. — Modern Times. — Mature Science Respects Faith. — Third Section. The Liberal Freedom of Research.
10. 10.The Yoke of the Sun.
11. 11.Chapter I. Free From The Yoke Of The Supernatural. — Ignoramus, We Ignore. — The Principle of Exclusive Natural Causation. — “ I Know not Jesus Christ, His Only Begotten Son, Our Lord. ” — The Truth is not in Them.
12. 12.Chapter II. The Unscientific Method. — False Reasoning. — Without Knowledge of the Human Nature. — Mental Bondage. — Without Earnestness. — Without Reverence.
13. 13.Chapter III. The Bitter Fruit. — The Vocation of Science. — Are We Still Christians? — Reduced to Beggary. — Despairing of Truth. — In All Directions of the Compass. — Without Peace and without Joy. — A Rock in the Waters. — Fourth Section. Freedom of Teaching.
14. 14.Preliminary Conceptions and Distinctions.
15. 15.Chapter I. Freedom Of Teaching And Ethics. — Freedom of Teaching is Necessary. — A Twofold Freedom of Teaching and Its Presumption. — Unlimited Freedom in Teaching not Demanded. — 1. Not by Veracity. — 2. Not the Duty of Science. — 3. No Innate Right. — Unrestricted Freedom of Teaching Inadmissible. — “ Every One to Form His Own Judgment ” ? — “ Knowledge does no Harm ” ? — “ The Vehicle of Truth. ” — Serious Charges. — Tell Me with Whom Thou Goest. — The Responsibility before History.
16. 16.Chapter II. Freedom Of Teaching And The State. — Universities as State Institutions. — The Object of the State. — Protection for the Spiritual Foundations of Life. — Protection for Christianity. — Restriction of Right. — The Freedom of Teaching in History. — Freedom of Teaching and Party Rule. — Free Universities. — The Church and the Universities. — Fifth Section. Theology.
17. 17.Chapter I. Theology And Science. — Theology as a Science. — Theology and Progress. — Theology and Freedom of Science. — Ecclesiastical Supervision of Teaching. — The Oath Against Modernism. — Bonds of Love, not of Servitude.
18. 18.Chapter II. Theology And University. — Do we Desire to Remain Christians? — Theological Faculty in State and Church. — Law and Freedom. An Epilogue. — Index. — Footnotes

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