Reflections on Darwinian Evolution – Is there a Jewish Perspective?

I present a realistic view of what Darwinian evolution is in its current form and what it is not. I argue that the Torah is not a source of scientific knowledge and all attempts to reconcile its plain text with the data of science are an exercise in futility. The article argues the position that sci...

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Autor principal: Jacob, Chaim O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rambam Health Care Campus 2011
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Readers’ Opinions and Comments
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23908802
http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10044
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spelling pubmed-36789372013-08-01 Reflections on Darwinian Evolution – Is there a Jewish Perspective? Jacob, Chaim O. Rambam Maimonides Med J Readers’ Opinions and Comments I present a realistic view of what Darwinian evolution is in its current form and what it is not. I argue that the Torah is not a source of scientific knowledge and all attempts to reconcile its plain text with the data of science are an exercise in futility. The article argues the position that science and the Torah are incommensurable. I argue against using the Torah for attaining knowledge about the nature of the world, or using science for enhancing or denying the truth of the Torah. Rambam Health Care Campus 2011-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3678937/ /pubmed/23908802 http://dx.doi.org/10.5041/RMMJ.10044 Text en Copyright: © 2011 Chaim O. Jacob. This is an open-access article. All its content, except where otherwise noted, is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3678937/
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